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CIRFA`s annual report for 2020 is now available. Read about the research and innovation highlights and a summary of the activities here. The CIRFA Annual Report 2020. Conver Image: Anca…

Rolf-Ole Rydeng Jenssen and Artem Moiseev both completed their PhDs this May – a big stepping stone on what is still to come. CIRFA is proud of you and we…

The term 'Algae bloom' describes rapidly multiplying microscopic phytoplankton; marine algae that drift on or near the surface of the sea or lakes. Phytoplankton play an important role in the…

The new UiT rectorat is composed of (from left) Camilla Brekke, prorector for research, rector Dag Rune Olsen and Kathrine Tveiterås, prorector for education. Foto: David Jensen / Jensen Media.…

https://play.acast.com/s/behind-the-scenes-conversations-with-researchers-and-innovat/episode-4-a-village-on-ice Welcome to "Behind the Scenes", the podcast series of the EU Research and Innovation Exhibition, part of the EU Research and Innovation Days 2021. In this series, journalist Jennifer…

Torbjørn Eltoft, Camilla Brekke og Raymond Kristiansen present reasons for a national Center for Space Observation in Tromsø. Image credit: UiT and ESA. Norway and Tromsø have a strong history…

APECS and ARICE invite for a webinar on the project DEARice (DEvelopment of snow/ice/ecosystem models using winter-to-summer ARctic observations of coupled snow, ice, and ecosystem processes) on 4 June 2021 from…

Silje joined the CIRFA team already in 2020 to do her PhD with us. She is located at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (MET) in Oslo and her work focuses on…

PhD candidate Artem Moiseev (Photo: Henrike Wilborn, NERSC), and Ivan Bandura / Unsplash. Information about upper ocean currents are key for monitoring life below water, including conservation of marine biodiversity,…

The next CIRFA seminar with a special focus on icebergs will be given by Trygve Kvåle Løken (UiO), Laust Færch (CIRFA/UiT), Nick Hughues (Met Norway/CIRFA) and Thomas Kræmer (CIRFA/UiT). WHEN:…