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The traps are set in Norway's country-wide insect monitoring program
20. May 2025
As spring returns to Norway, researchers are setting up this year’s insect traps across the country. Using metabarcoding to monitor insect populations, Norway is the first country in Europe to implement this methodology in a Government led...
Sea ice affects population dynamics in common eiders
24. April 2025

In a study conducted in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, researchers from SEAPOP have used a nearly 40 year-long data series to assess how changes in sea ice affect the breeding distribution of common eiders (Somateria mollissima).

Vibrant life on Antarctica’s ice caps: Scientists reveal vast communities of photosynthetic algae on the ice
27. March 2025

Researchers have uncovered a vast ecosystem on an Antarctica ice cap. The communities, largely made up of photosynthetic algae, are likely to host new species to science, and have been shown to add to melting of the ice caps in the region.

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