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Arctic Technology

Ancient forest plants possess cytotoxic properties causing liver cancer HepG2 cell apoptosis

Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski

Arctic Geophysics

Direct Observation of the Space Hurricane Disturbed Polar Thermosphere

Kjellmar Oksavik

Arctic Geology

Northern Svalbard Composite Tectono-Sedimentary Element

Snorre Olaussen; Sten-Andreas Grundvåg

Arctic Technology

Running the gauntlet; flyway-wide patterns of pollutant exposure in blood of migratory shorebirds

Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski

Arctic Geology

Re-Os geochronology of the Middle to Upper Jurassic marine black shales in the Agardhfjellet Formation, Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard: A cornerstone for global faunal correlation and Os isotopic change

Snorre Olaussen

Arctic Technology

Risk governance of climate-related hazards in Longyearbyen, Svalbard: A review of risk governance approaches and knowledge gaps

Stig Andreas Johannessen; Holt Hancock; Siiri Wikstrøm

Arctic Geophysics

Correlation between the solar wind speed and the passage of poleward-moving auroral forms into the polar cap

Fred Sigernes; Dag A. Lorentzen

Arctic Technology

Tracing the footprints of Arctic pollution: Spatial variations in toxic and essential elements in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) faeces

Malin Andersson Stavridis; Øyvind Mikkelsen; Tomasz Maciej Ciesielski; Bjørn Munro Jenssen

Arctic Biology

Deep learning to extract the meteorological by-catch of wildlife cameras

Maria Huntsaar

Arctic Geophysics

A Comparative Study on the Hot Dense Plasma and Cold Patch by Using Multi-Instrument Observations

Kjellmar Oksavik

Arctic Biology

Seasonality in land–ocean connectivity and local processes control sediment bacterial community structure and function in a High Arctic tidal flat

Sebastian DJ Andersen; Anna Vader

Arctic Geology

First geophysical investigations to study a fragile Pomor cultural heritage site at Russekeila – Kapp Linné), Svalbard

Graham Gilbert

Arctic Technology

Sonar Object Detection from Synthetic Sonar Data Generated by a Sonar Simulator and an Adversarial Neural Network

Martin Ludvigsen

Arctic Technology

Meso-scale stress relaxation test on floating sea ice

Aleksey Marchenko

Arctic Technology

Measurements of surface waves propagating cross the ice edge in Spitsbergen fjord

Aleksey Marchenko; Nataly Marchenko

Arctic Technology

ArcGIS Online Arctic Marine Accident/Exercise Collection

Peter Hamrock; Nataly Marchenko

Arctic Technology

Coastal Ice Rubbles in Isfjorden (Spitsbergen)

Nataly Marchenko

Arctic Technology

Challenges with sea ice action on structures for Offshore wind

Anna Sjöblom

Arctic Biology

mtDNA data reveal disparate population structures and High Arctic colonization patterns in three intertidal invertebrates with contrasting life history traits

Paul Renaud

Arctic Geophysics

Long-term equatorial ionosphere variations over Ethiopia

Fasil Tesema

Arctic Geophysics

Multi-Instrument Observations of the Evolution of Polar Cap Patches Associated With Flow Shears and Particle Precipitation

Kjellmar Oksavik

Arctic Geophysics

Three principal components describe the spatiotemporal development of mesoscale ionospheric equivalent currents around substorm onsets

Noora Partamies

Arctic Geophysics, Arctic Technology

On the Creation, Depletion, and End of Life of Polar Cap Patches

; Dag A. Lorentzen; Kjellmar Oksavik; Lisa Baddeley; Emma Bland

Arctic Biology

Climate change effects on terrestrial parasitic nematodes: Where are the knowledge gaps?

Tirza Marit Moerman; Stephen J. Coulson

Arctic Geology

Glacier area changes in Novaya Zemlya from 1986-89 to 2019-21 using object-based image analysis in Google Earth Engine

Riko Noormets

Arctic Technology

The Arctic Fjord Breeze: Characteristics of a Combined Sea Breeze and Valley Wind in a Svalbard Fjord Valley

Matthias Markus Henkies; Aleksey Shestov; Anna Sjöblom

Arctic Geology

Permafrost trapped natural gas in Svalbard, Norway

Thomas Birchall; Malte Jochmann; Peter Betlem; Kim Senger; Andy Hodson; Snorre Olaussen

Arctic Biology

Permafrost and groundwater interaction: current state and future perspective

Arunima Sen

Arctic Geophysics

Circumpolar distributions of age and anthropogenic CO2 content of Antarctic Bottom Water revealed by chlorofluorocarbon and sulfur hexafluoride

Yoshihiko Ohashi

Arctic Technology

Effect-Directed Analysis Based on Transthyretin Binding Activity of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in a Contaminated Sediment Extract

Gijsbert D. Breedveld; Bjørn Munro Jenssen

Arctic Technology

Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern in north-western Spitsbergen snow: Distribution and sources

Roland Kallenborn

Arctic Geophysics

Atmospheric Climatologies Over Isfjorden, Svalbard

Lukas Frank; Marius Jonassen; Ragnheid Skogseth; Timo Pekka Vihma

Arctic Biology

Development and calibration of a high dynamic range and autonomous ocean-light instrument to measure sub-surface profiles in ice-covered waters

Malin Daase; Geir Johnsen

Arctic Geophysics

Ionospheric Flow Vortex Induced by the Sudden Decrease in the Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure

Jøran Moen

Arctic Biology, Arctic Geophysics

Still Arctic? — The changing Barents Sea

Melissa Chierici; Lars Henrik Smedsrud; Jørgen Berge; Agneta Fransson; Geir Johnsen; Marius Jonassen; Frank Nilsen; Janne Søreide

Arctic Geology

High resolution digital outcrop model of faults and fractures in caprock shales, Konusdalen West, central Spitsbergen

Peter Betlem; Thomas Birchall; Gareth Steven Lord; Kim Senger

Arctic Biology

Atlantification influences zooplankton communities seasonally in the northern Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean

Janne Søreide

Arctic Biology

Photophysiological responses of bottom sea-ice algae to fjord dynamics and rapid freshening

Janne Søreide

Arctic Biology

Seasonal riverine inputs may affect diet and mercury bioaccumulation in Arctic coastal zooplankton

Janne Søreide

Arctic Geophysics

Statistical Comparison of Various Dayside Magnetopause Reconnection X-Line Prediction Models

Stein Haaland

Arctic Geophysics

Space Weather Disturbances in Non-Stormy Times: Occurrence of dB/dt Spikes During Three Solar Cycles

Lisa Baddeley

Arctic Geophysics

A possible mechanism for the formation of an eastward moving auroral spiralnoora

Noora Partamies

Arctic Geology, Arctic Geophysics

Impact of winter freshwater from tidewater glaciers on fjords in Svalbard and Greenland; A review

Aga Nowak; Kjersti Kalhagen

Arctic Geophysics

Permafrost saline water and Early to mid-Holocene permafrost aggradation in Svalbard

Dotan Rotem; Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen

Arctic Biology

Lack of strong seasonality in macrobenthic communities from the northern Barents Sea shelf and Nansen Basin

Arunima Sen; Paul Renaud

Arctic Geology

Deep-time Arctic climate archives: high-resolution coring of Svalbard’s sedimentary record – SVALCLIME, a workshop report

Kim Senger

Arctic Biology

“Show me how to use a microscope” – The development and evaluation of certification as direct assessment of practical lab skills

Pernille Bronken Eidesen; Simone I. Lang

Arctic Geology

Coastal permafrost was massively eroded during the Bølling-Allerød warm period

Riko Noormets

Arctic Biology

New insights into the Barents Sea Calanus glacialis population dynamics and distribution

Janne Søreide

Arctic Biology

Photophysiologically active green, red, and brown macroalgae living in the Arctic Polar Night

Geir Johnsen