In the ICE-ecosystems ringed seal project we will take a closer look at the distribution and movement patterns of ringed seals in Svalbard. Read our "newsletter" from the researchers in field this summer.

The crew at the Norwegian Polar Institute’s Troll Base in Dronning Maud Land has made a contribution to the 2010 Antarctic International Film Festival.

Jan-Gunnar Winther, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute has been selected to contribute to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.

Sea levels may rise by as much as one meter before the end of this century, said Jan-Gunnar Winther, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, at the first Polar EXCHANGE at Oslo Science Conference this week.

More than 30 scientists from various European countries are currently travelling to Ny-Ålesund. During the next six weeks, they will participate in a large-scale study about the effect of increased CO2-concentrations on the pelagic marine ecosystem.

The new report “Climate changes in the Norwegian Arctic – consequences for life in the north” handed over to Norwegian Minister of the Environment, Erik Solheim. The report marks the ending of many years scientific work under the project NorACIA (Norwegian Arctic Climate Impact Assessment).

Sir David Attenborough and his BBC film crew recently joined NPI scientists in the field, covering the polar bear research in Svalbard.

The knowledge basis for the update of the “Integrated Management Plan for the Norwegian Part of the Barents Sea and the Areas outside Lofoten” presented today

The April 2010 issue of Polar Research includes a special section of papers investigating winter terrestrial ecology in Arctic and alpine tundra.

BarentsPortal is a project developed under the Joint Norwegian - Russian Commission on Environmental Cooperation. The background for the portal is a report on the Barents Sea ecosystem published in December 2009.

This publication describes the education and research in polar studies carried out by institutions in Tromsø during the last year.

Former Vice President Al Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented their global report on melting ice at a side event of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) 14 December.

A kick-off workshop for the new project AMORA was recently arranged in Shanghai at the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC). AMORA stands for "Advancing Modelling and Observing solar Radiation of Arctic sea-ice - understanding changes and processes" and is funded by the Research Council of Norway.

Scientists at the Norwegian Polar Institute and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) have investigated the amount of pesticides in the snow in Svalbard. Read about their findings here.

In March 2009, Norway hosted a meeting in Tromsø for the Contracting Parties to the 1973 Polar Bear Agreement. The final report from the meeting is now available.