The net is designed to trap some of the ocean’s smallest organisms: zooplankton. As it is dragged on board, Nielsen, a molecular biologist and currently scientific leader of Arctic Station on ...

A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

while bacteria generally leads to more carbon emissions. "In high Arctic ecosystems, the variety of fungi is particularly high compared to that of plants, which increases the likelihood that ...

The study found that microscopic life living under Arctic sea ice is in danger. As the ice melts and disappears, so do the microscopic organisms. Unlike other microorganisms that live at the ...

offered an alternative approach that uses strains of bacteria and fungi isolated from alpine and Arctic environments to partially break down some biodegradable plastics at 15°C. 1 During prior ...

A study has found that as climate change causes the Arctic permafrost to melt, pathogens may awaken and damage crops. The ...

The underwater volcano Borealis Mud Volcano is located in the Barents Sea and was first discovered by researchers at UiT The ...