Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. After giving you a detailed summary of the "Arctic Environmental Management" course, which has now concluded, I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to discuss upcoming projects. My other course, which is now running parallel and becoming very intensive, is "Arctic Marine Biology." In …
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Welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. Actually, the next post in the series would be about meiofauna, a topic we have now also covered at UNIS. After having reported on the smallest living organisms (plankton and ice algae), it would be time to discuss the next larger ones – and such an article will …
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Bio On The Rocks! After writing about the tiny organisms living in, on, under, and next to sea ice last week, and with this covering a topic that fits perfectly with Bio On The Rocks, I thought it was time to talk a little about what BOTRi, as I …
Welcome back. Today, we will delve into a topic that couldn't be more fitting for Bio On The Rocks. Last week, I wrote a lot about the loss of sea ice and how humans can deal with the dangers that come with it. Today, I want to dive deeper into the science and bring you …
Welcome back to Bio On The Rocks. This week, there were above-zero temperatures and rain in Longyearbyen. Here, in the Arctic, in January! However, these mild temperatures often don't last long. If sub-zero temperatures follow shortly thereafter, the melted water and rain freeze, creating thick layers of ice. The consequences of these "Rain on Snow …
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