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The annual binding of up to 3.6 million metric tons of CO2 in the Arctic deep sea by the cross-shelf transport of carbon-rich particles from the Barents and Kara Seas could last for eons.

Annually, the cross-shelf transport of carbon-rich particles from the Barents and Kara Seas can tie up to 3.6 million metric tons of CO2 present in the Arctic deep sea for millennia.

Step aboard and discover what it's like to live on one of the most modern research icebreakers in the world for a few weeks in late October. Long ago, Norway was a frontrunner in polar

A study performed indicates that floating microplastics from European rivers might house in parts of the Arctic Ocean, the Nordic Seas, and the Baffin Bay.

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. April 1, 2021 Mooring retrieved on board the Svalbard (photo credit: Daniel Fatnes of the Norwegian Coast Guard) Who do you call when you need a job done on short notice, in total darkness, under 100-percent ice cover, thousands of meters at the bottom of the sea? In the case of the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), you call your friends in Norway. That is exactly what the Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral Lorin C. Selby did when he enl...