The new Arctic: Ecological and societal transitions in glacial fjord systems

25 November 2020

Public Events, Public Colloquium

Right at the start of FACE-IT, we invited the wide public to attend a colloquium: “The new Arctic: Ecological and societal transitions in glacial fjord systems”. On 25 November, 3:15 pm CET, experts from Greenland, Norway, Denmark and Svalbard reported on effects of climate change on glacier and fjord systems, marine vegetation, marine mammals and indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic. Right at the start of FACE-IT, we invited the wide public to attend a colloquium: “The new Arctic: Ecological and societal transitions in glacial fjord systems”. On 25 November, 3:15 pm CET, experts from Greenland, Norway, Denmark and Svalbard reported on effects of climate change on glacier and fjord systems, marine vegetation, marine mammals and indigenous inhabitants of the Arctic. Afterwards, study programs on Arctic biology on Greenland and Svalbard were presented.

 

The online lectures were open to everyone to attend and were, at the same time, the annual “BreMarE Day”, the anniversary colloquium of the Bremen Marine Ecology Centre for Research and Education of the University of Bremen, Germany.

PROGRAM

  • 3:20 pm CET

    Greenland fjords – Convergence zones between glaciers and the ocean    ||   Thomas Juul Pedersen (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland)

  • 3:50 pm CET

    Greenland fjords – Convergence zones between glaciers and the ocean    ||   Thomas Juul Pedersen (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland)

  • 4:20 pm CET

    When the Arctic gets boreal: ongoing shifts in a high-Arctic seabird community!    ||   Sebastien Descamps (Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway)

  • 4:50 pm CET

    Break

  • 5:10 pm CET

    Fisheries in the Arctic    ||   Maiken Bjørkan (Nordland Research Institute, Bodø, Norway)

  • 5:40 pm CET

    Studying (in) the new Arctic: UNIS – educating tomorrow’s Arctic experts  ||   Børge Damsgård (The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway)

  • 5:55 pm CET

    Arctic Science Study Programme (ASSP) – International graduate courses on climate, environment and communities of the Arctic ||   Thomas Juul Pedersen (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland)

  • 6:10 pm CET

    Closure