
Dossier
North Pole (Arctic)
With the receding sea-ice in the Arctic, an increase in human activities such as shipping, oil and gas exploration, fisheries and tourism is expected in this region. Wageningen University & Research conducts impact assessments of these activities. This is needed to identify relevant mitigation measures to minimise impacts of these activities and to give advice to governments, industry and NGOs on sustainable developments in the Arctic.
Follow our expeditions
News 2016-2020
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After 389 days, the largest Arctic research expedition of all time comes to a successful end in Bremerhaven
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New knowledge on the sea ice of the polar oceans
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Photo impression MOSAiC expedition in the Arctic Ocean
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Former Wageningen Marine Research employee and ice net SUIT travel to Alaska
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Chlamydia-related bacteria discovered deep below the Arctic Ocean
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The MOSAiC expedition continues leg 2: Hardships and challenges in the Arctic winter
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One year in the ice
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A diet with ice: how does the food web underneath the ice of the polar oceans work?
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At least 100 Bowhead whales sighted in the East Greenland Sea
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Ingestion of plastic by Polar Cod
Publications
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Coproducing Sea Ice Predictions with Stakeholders Using Simulation
Weather, climate and society 14 (2022)2. - ISSN 1948-8327 - p. 399 - 413. -
Climate opportunism and values of change on the Arctic agricultural frontier
Economic Anthropology 9 (2022)2. - ISSN 2330-4847 - p. 207 - 222. -
Sea-level rise and warming mediate coastal groundwater discharge in the Arctic
Environmental Research Letters 17 (2022)4. - ISSN 1748-9318 -
Catch sampling of the pelagic freezer trawler fishery operating in European waters in 2019-2020 : joint report of the Dutch and German national on-board sampling programmes
IJmuiden : Stichting Wageningen Research, Centre for Fisheries Research (CVO) (CVO report 22.008) - p. -
Extremely wet summer events enhance permafrost thaw for multiple years in Siberian tundra
Nature Communications 13 (2022)1. - ISSN 2041-1723 -
Deep demersal fish communities respond rapidly to warming in a frontal region between Arctic and Atlantic waters
Global Change Biology 28 (2022)9. - ISSN 1354-1013 - p. 2979 - 2990. -
Overview of the MOSAiC expedition- Atmosphere
Elementa: Science of Anthropocene 10 (2022)1. - ISSN 2325-1026 -
Growth rings show limited evidence for ungulates' potential to suppress shrubs across the Arctic
Environmental Research Letters 17 (2022)3. - ISSN 1748-9326 -
Unexpected fish and squid in the central Arctic deep scattering layer
Science Advances 8 (2022)7. - ISSN 2375-2548 -
Tundra vegetation change and impacts on permafrost
Nature Reviews Earth and Environment 3 (2022)1. - ISSN 2662-138X - p. 68 - 84.