Collaborate with us: 18 research projects focusing on polar ice sheets, oceans and the climate

 Are you doing research on the links between ice sheets, carbon cycles and ocean ecosystems? We believe that polar research benefits from collaboration – across institutions, across borders, and especially across scientific disciplines.

We have therefore compiled a list of 18 research projects affiliated to iC3. We do not manage all of these projects, but in each case, one or several of our team members are part of the core project group. Taken together, and in combination with our partnership with the Norwegian Polar Institute and NORCE, this broad engagement makes the iC3 polar research centre a vibrant hub for ground-breaking interdisciplinary research.

If you are interested in getting involved with any of the projects below, please contact Terri Souster, the iC3 centre manager.

Ongoing projects

SEAMSTRESS aims at quantifying the effect of tectonic forcing on the release of greenhouse gases from the ocean floor in the Arctic.

METHANICE examines the role of methane consuming microorganisms associated with terrestrial seasonal ice covering sub permafrost methane springs.

METALLICA investigates the cycling, export and ecosystem impacts of heavy metals released from Arctic glaciers to fjords.

ICEBIO is a doctoral network that will train the next generation of glacier microbiology and biogeochemistry experts.

ARCLIM develops and applies new techniques to better understand the earth’s climate system, with an emphasis on the response and sensitivity of the Arctic climate and marine environment to the ongoing anthropogenic changes.

The Nansen Legacy is a holistic Arctic research project providing integrated scientific knowledge on the rapidly changing marine climate and ecosystem. It unites about 280 researchers, students, and technicians from ten Norwegian research institutions.

OCEAN:ICE assesses the impacts of key Antarctic Ice Sheet and Southern Ocean processes on Planet Earth, via their influence on sea level rise, deep water formation, ocean circulation and climate.

nuArctic investigates nutrient remineralization combining modelling experiments with observations from the possibly largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time.

I-CRYME aims to understand and quantify the impact of the melting cryosphere on the marine ecosystem of the Kong Håkon VII Sea, in the Southern Ocean.

HAVOC aims to understand the role of sea-ice ridges, that is sea ice that has been pushed together and formed deep keels and high sails from blocks of ice, as a habitat for the sea-ice associated ecosystem in the central Arctic Ocean.

FACE-IT aims to enable adaptive co-management of social-ecological fjord systems in the Arctic in the face of rapid cryosphere and biodiversity changes.

CRiceS focuses on improving model predictions of the role of polar processes in the climate system that consists of the oceans, ice and snow cover, and the atmosphere. It brings together 20 international research teams.

BREATHE combines in situ, experimental and model-based approaches to address knowledge gaps on turbulent nutrient supply and ice algal respiration, with results that improve the accuracy of current and projected ice algal production estimates.

GREASE aims to determine upper bounds for rates of sea-level contribution from the Greenland ice sheet, and to constrain climate change trajectories that lead to a stabilisation of the Greenland ice sheet.

Starting up soon:

Into the Blue (I2B) will explore the impact of a melting Arctic on the region and the entire earth system by taking a look into the past, at time periods warmer than the present.

MSCA#1 – The impact of Arctic glacier forefield exposure on soil nitrogen cycling and export to coastal marine environments.

MSCA#2 – Characterise and quantify the fate of bioavailable nutrients, trace metals and carbon on phytoplankton productivity and their impact on the biological carbon pump in the Southern Ocean.

MSCA#3 – Develop an optical measurement technique to monitor and quantify dissolved iron in glacial meltwaters.

If you are interested in getting involved with any of the projects above, please contact Terri Souster, the iC3 centre manager.

We are growing our team! iC3 is currently inviting applications for two fully funded postdoctoral positions, and is actively supporting researchers who want to join our interdisciplinary team as MSCA postdoctoral fellows.