Ongoing projects

WOC

Increased knowledge of ocean currents in the upper part of the ocean is important to work towards safe sea traffic, to make the fishing industry more sustainable, to utilize energy from the sea and to monitor marine pollution. The "World Ocean Circulation" project aims to obtain more accurate and user-useful information about ocean currents from satellites, models and ocean measurements. Actors from the various user sectors participate in the project.

CAPARDUS

The project "Capacity-building in Arctic standardization development" investigates how an "Arctic Best Practice System" can be built up as a useful tool for research, business activity and planning in the Arctic. , The project maps standards, guidelines and practical methods used by the local population in areas such as Svalbard, Greenland, Russia and Alaska. The topics included are data collection and data sharing, resource utilization, shipping, tourism, security and communication between researchers and local communities.

COMFORT

n the project "Our common future ocean in the Earth system – quantifying coupled cycles of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients for determining and achieving safe operating spaces with respect to tipping points", researchers will find out what possibly happens to marine ecosystems when different tipping points are passed. Experts from different disciplines work closely together and stakeholders are also closely linked to the work.

CVL

In the "Cryosphere Virtual Laboratory" project, an easily accessible system is being developed which will give access to a lot of Earth Observation data with a focus on the Arctic. The system will make it possible for users to develop their own systems to deliver information about the rapidly changing Arctic.

ARKTALAS

The "Arktalas Hoavva" project characterizes large-scale interactive processes and feedbacks that cause changes in the Arctic sea ice and the Arctic Ocean and the surrounding oceans using satellite observations, direct observations and modeling tools.

TRIATLAS

Anticipating future changes in the marine ecosystem can support the sustainable management of marine ecosystems. In the project "South and Tropical Atlantic - climate-based marine ecosystem prediction for sustainable management", a method is being developed to predict the changes in the southern and tropical Atlantic Ocean.

KeyCLIM

In the project "Key Earth System processes to understand Arctic climate warming and Northern latitude hydrological cycle changes", researchers will improve the Norwegian climate model NorESM with the aim of understanding and reducing the uncertainty of projected climate changes in northern regions, with a focus on Arctic warming.

LoVeOcean

In the "Lofoten-Vesterålen Marine Observatory"-project, advanced underwater technology is used to collect key data and provide fundamental new insight into marine processes, organisms, and conditions in the sea. New insights are needed to establish better models that focus on the status of marine ecosystems.

BCPU

The researchers in the "Bjerknes Climate Prediction Unit" project aim to produce the world's best warning system for the climate in northern regions. Improving climate prediction should provide better warnings, from which the whole of society can benefit.

NorArgo2

A multitude of Argo buoys float up and down in the water column in all the world's oceans. They collect information about the ocean that is of great importance for research, monitoring and climate modelling. The project "A Norwegian Argo Infrastructure - a contribution to the European and global Argo infrastructure" supports the program with up to 50 Argo buoys in the Nordic Seas, the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.