An interdisciplinary investigation into scenarios of national and international conflicts of ecosystem services in the Svalbard zone under a changing climate in the Arctic
by REGIMES Project Leader, Dorothy Dankel (University of Bergen) Sunday is traditionally a day of rest. And rest was definitely needed after the intense week we had with our student group from Amalie Skram high school and two days of hard work during the Annual Meeting and all the social pleasantries during the free time. Read More …
Editor’s note: This post is from three of the 5 students from Amalie Skram high school in Bergen, Norway, who were chosen to join the REGIMES Team in Longyearbyen, Svalbard August 7-10, 2017. Text & photos by: Annika Torsvik, Kaia E. Lehmann and Lea T. Knutsen. The third day of the Svalbard trip, we got to Read More …
The REGIMES project, including students from Amalie Skram High School in Bergen, and Lisbeth Iversen, researcher at the Nansen Center for Remote Environmental Sensing in Bergen, representing the INTAROS project, are on a research field trip to Svalbard this week. Tuesday the 8th of August we visited the Longyearbyen school and had the opportunity to ask questions about the Read More …
Editor’s note: This post is from one of the five students from Amalie Skram high school in Bergen, Norway, who were chosen to join the REGIMES Team in Longyearbyen, Svalbard August 7-10, 2017. Svalbard Day 1, by Liam McCafferty, Amalie Skram VGS «The landing might be rougher than you’re used to», the pilot warns us, explaining that Read More …
Editor’s note: This post is from three of the 5 students from Amalie Skram high school in Bergen, Norway, who were chosen to join the REGIMES Team in Longyearbyen, Svalbard August 7-11, 2017. by: Annika Torsvik, Kaia E. Lehmann and Lea T. Knutsen After a brief night’s sleep, we were ready for our second day in Read More …
Our scientific Advisor Elizabeth Nyman from Texas A&M University at Galvestor arrived for the annual meeting of the REGIMES project today – and brought with her amazing weather with clear skies and magnificent views! Dr. Nyman in an academic and writer who specializes in international maritime issues. Currently she is an Assistant Professor of Political Read More …
The Russian settlement Barentsburg is located just over an hour away from Longyearbyen by boat and Monday, team one went there to interview respondents there about climate change, values -and the local community! The boat trip was spectacular but it was very cold – but the interview was great! We were shown around the Company Read More …
REGIMEs team group one – Rachel Tiller and 8th grader Theodore Tiller from Trondheim have arrived and day one they already did two in depth interviews!