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Four leading international scientists boost new polar research centre in Tromsø

October 28th, 2023

Four top scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Norway have agreed to join the new Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate (iC3) in Tromsø in adjunct positions (20%), boosting its efforts to discover how the links between ice sheets, carbon cycles and ocean ecosystems will impact life on earth.

Dr Monica Winsborrow, iC3 Assistant Director, said:

“Right now, nobody knows how much carbon is stored beneath the world’s polar ice sheets, how much of will be released as the ice melts, and how that is going to affect global climate and life in the oceans. Solving this urgent puzzle requires collaboration between scientists from many different disciplines, so I'm delighted that four world-class scientists are joining our team.”

iC3’s four new team members bring essential skills needed to tackle the biggest questions in polar science. They will contribute expertise in glacier biogeochemistry (Dr Jon Hawkings, University of Pennsylvania), ocean biogeochemistry modelling (Dr Fanny Montiero, University of Bristol), biogeochemical modelling (Professor Sandra Arndt, Free University of Brussels), and ice sheet modelling (Dr Petra Langebroek, NORCE).

Dr Terri Souter, iC3 centre manager said:

“This vote of confidence into iC3 by globally leading scientists builds our reputation as a global hub of excellence in polar research. We look forward to attracting even more top scientific talent to Tromsø over the coming months and years.”  

The iC3 centre is based in Tromsø, the capital of Arctic Norway. It is a partnership between UiT The Arctic University of Norway, the Norwegian Polar Institute and NORCE.

The Norwegian Research Council awarded UiT a ten-year grant of NOK 155,555,000 in 2023 to establish iC3 as a Norwegian Centre of Excellence for Outstanding Research. 

Department for Geosciences UiT The Arctic University of Norway Dramsvegen 201 9010, Tromsø Norway

Dr Terri Souster

iC3 Centre Manager

ic3manager@uit.no

Till Bruckner

Communications Advisor

till.d.bruckner@uit.no

iC3: Centre for ice, Cryosphere, Carbon and Climate is funded by the Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence funding scheme, grant number 332635.

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