Arctic Biology

7 December 2015

Many plants and fungi cooperate; a plant pays fungi with sugar to function as an extension of its root system. The Arctic environment has extreme seasonality, but little is known about how climatic changes in the Arctic affect the diversity and composition of root-associated fungi. New research show that even if plants are rooted to the spot, their fungal partners change in response to climatic and environmental variation over time.

4 May 2015

Associate professor Øystein Varpe was recently named a Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar together with 16 other researchers from the Arctic countries. This initiative aims to create a network to stimulate international scientific collaboration on Arctic issues.

17 February 2015

PhD candidate Maja Hatlebakk joined the N-ICE2015 research cruise this week. “Norwegian Young Sea ICE Cruise” (N-ICE2015) will follow the first-year sea ice system north of Svalbard from the time new ice is formed in winter until it melts in summer.

20 November 2014

In January 2012, the weather in Svalbard was hit by a weather event than only happens once every 500 years. The extreme weather caused problems both for the wildlife and the society, but it also sparked an interdisciplinary cooperation that has resulted in a scientific article published today.