Stories from the field

In this section we will provide examples of research that has been conducted in the field.

Station summaries:

NERC Arctic Station Science Summary 2023: Project summaries from the NERC Arctic Station 2023 field season.

NERC Arctic Station Science Summary 2022: Project summaries from the NERC Arctic Station 2022 field season.

NERC Arctic Station Science summaries 2019: the latest science summaries booklet based on projects supported at the NERC Station during the 2019 season.

NERC Arctic Station summaries: information on science projects supported by the station in 2018.

Station videos:

Dr Kevin Newsham talks about a changing Arctic:

In this short film, produced by Elise Biersma, Dr Kevin Newsham, a Soil and plant ecologist working at the British Antarctic Survey talks about his research on the response of soil microbes (REMUS) to warming in the Arctic. He studies these microbes using open top chambers in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard,  an area experiencing unprecedented change.

 

REMUS site, photo courtesy of Marta Misiak