An international observing system for long-term measurements in and around the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard addressing Earth System Science questions
The EU H2020 funded INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) opens a call for research groups to apply for Transnational Access to 43 research stations across the Arctic and northern alpine and forest areas in Europe, Russia and North-America.
In beginning of August, Bo Andersen, former director of the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC), joined our team at the Knowledge Centre to share his extensive experience and knowledge about science in Svalbard.
Negribreen, one of the largest glaciers in Svalbard, is currently surging with maximum speeds reaching 22 metres per in July 2017. That is an acceleration to about 200 times the normal flow velocity of the glacier!
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