This week, students from NORD University are taking their learning to sea, getting hands-on experience in how we sample marine ecosystems. Bachelor’s and Master’s students
During the Forsker Grand Prix at Nord University 2026, our team member Birte Schuppe did exactly that – and did it impressively! In just four
Since more than 12 years we are following benthic life in the fjord basins. Every year in spring we come back to the same six
We have just finished the first part of an experimental study with the cold-water coral Desmpophyllum pertusum. We exposed the corals to a combination of two chemicals commonly used in
How important are larvae of benthic species as a food source for fish larvae? This question is addressed in an experiment we are currently running
We held a workshop on meroplankton identification at the fieldstation of Nord University, where Marc Silberberger (National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdansk, Poland) gave an
Art meets science was the overarching topic of the project ‘Woman’s view of the Sea’, where female artists got inspired by female marine scientists and
Yesterday we sampled the seafloor of Saltfjorden with our new boat ‘Tanteyen II’ – the first benthos sampling after it was put in operation in