by Ambassadors Eva Doting, Postdoc at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Tromsø, Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania,

and Anne Kellerman Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania, Visiting Scholar at the Florida State University.

In summer 2025, the researchers Eva Doting and Anne Kellerman traced Arctic meltwater from glacier ice to fjord in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, to better understand how carbon and nutrients move through rapidly changing polar landscapes. Working through the POLARIN-funded SCOOP project, the team sampled water and sediments along the flow paths of Austre Brøggerbreen and Midtre Lovénbreen, capturing how glacier retreat is reshaping connections between land and sea.

By analyzing these samples in the lab, Eva and Anne are now revealing how melting ice and newly exposed soils influence the supply of organic matter to Arctic fjords and help us better predicting how coastal arctic ecosystems will respond to a warming climate.

Read more in the SCOOP fieldwork blog by the POLARIN Ambassadors Eva Doting and Anne Kellerman.

SCOOP  was one of the projects successfully selected through POLARIN’s first call.