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.
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News about Arctic research
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Combination microscopy and DNA analysis reveals new insights in the diet of polar cod
- Polar cod is an important part of the food web of the Arctic. Sarah Maes (KU Leuven) and Fokje Schaafsma (Wageningen Marine Research) investigated the... -
Plastic and debris in Arctic fox poo in Iceland
- Recently, researchers associated with Wageningen Marine Research published an article in the scientific journal Polar Biology, where they discuss... -
Using eyes in the sky to locate seals in a rapidly changing Arctic
- The polar regions are some of the most inaccessible places of our planet. Figuring out where different seal species reside in this fast-changing... -
Arctic seals photographed from space
- Around this time of year, the Arctic would normally be slowly awaking from its deep winter slumber. This year however, the annual ice melt started... -
To measure is to know: how long is a krill and how heavy is polar cod?
- A lot is measured and weighed in biological research. Researchers from Wageningen Marine Research and partners published measurements of more than...
News 2016-2020
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AI helps speed up ecological surveys
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Keynote prof. Edward Huijbens at the Nordic Symposium of Tourism and Hospitality Research
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Wageningen University & Research and PAME launch a capsule to track the journey of marine litter from the Netherlands online
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Plastic soup detectives: beach litter West Greenland is of local origin
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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
Projects in the Arctic
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Arctic Marine Litter Project
Take a moment to visualise the Arctic: icebergs, snow-capped mountains, polar bears, walruses...But the truth is quite the opposite. Many of the... -
Social License to Operate in the Arctic
The Arctic is rapidly changing. Snow and ice cover are decreasing and opening up the Arctic for (increased) economic activities such as fisheries,... -
Sustainable Ecosystem Management and Use by Marine Communities in two exemplary regions
Marine ecosystems are under major and diverse threats, be it to a different extent and in different ways for distinct marine ecosystems. Managing... -
Sustainable Arctic Resource Use
This project aims to analyse the use of information in natural resource governance and management in the Arctic region.
Publications
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Increased summer temperature is associated with reduced calf mass of a circumpolar large mammal through direct thermoregulatory and indirect, food quality, pathways
Oecologia (2023), Volume: 201 - ISSN 0029-8549 - p. 1123-1136. -
Experiencing Svalbard sustainably? Reflecting on what we can learn about polar cruise tourism from the SEES expedition
The Polar Journal (2023) - ISSN 2154-896X - p. 1-9. -
Mercury-Modulated Immune Responses in Arctic Barnacle Goslings (Branta leucopsis) upon a Viral-Like Immune Challenge
Environmental Science and Technology (2023), Volume: 57, Issue: 13 - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 5337-5348. -
Publisher Correction : Pan-Arctic marine biodiversity and species co-occurrence patterns under recent climate
Scientific Reports (2023), Volume: 13 - ISSN 2045-2322 -
Pan-Arctic marine biodiversity and species co-occurrence patterns under recent climate
Scientific Reports (2023), Volume: 13, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2045-2322 -
Spaceborne Observations of Lightning NO2 in the Arctic
Environmental Science and Technology 57 (2023)6. - ISSN 0013-936X - p. 2322 - 2332. -
Wildfire adaptation in the Russian Arctic : A systematic policy review
Climate Risk Management (2023), Volume: 39 - ISSN 2212-0963 -
Low ozone dry deposition rates to sea ice during the MOSAiC field campaign: Implications for the Arctic boundary layer ozone budget
Elementa: Science of Anthropocene (2023), Volume: 11, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2325-1026 -
Barnacle geese Branta leucopsis breeding on Novaya Zemlya : current distribution and population size estimated from tracking data
Polar Biology 46 (2023)1. - ISSN 0722-4060 - p. 67 - 76. -
Wind speed measurements with a 2-dimensional ultrasonic anemometer from the FS Polarstern bow tower, deployed during MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) expedition, Arctic Circle, 2019-2020
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Antarctica
The work of researchers on Antarctica has a wide variety of subjects, from polar sea to sea ice and from krill to whales. In this dossier you can find... -
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Plastic: we use it for all kinds of purposes. And when we're done with it, we throw it away. Some of the plastic waste ends up being recycled, but...