The Research Council of Norway has opened the hearing on the research strategy for Ny-Ålesund, which will set the framework for research activity at the Ny-Ålesund Research Station. All interested in Ny-Ålesund research are welcome to give input to this public consultation.

Deadline for submitting comments is 11 December 2018.

The Nansen Legacy project constitutes an integrated Arctic perspective on climate and ecosystem change—from physical processes to living resources and from understanding the past to predicting the future. Coordination of the Nansen Legacy data management is done within the context of SIOS, which provides the entry point to Nansen Legacy data.

The SIOS funded project “Contribution of Vegetation and Soil components to Carbon cycle in Arctic environment in relationship to climate change (VegSoCA)" investigates the relationship between soil respiration and photosynthesis in a changing climate.