BIOPOLE is an interdisciplinary NERC programme examining biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in polar ecosystems. BIOPOLE will address a fundamental aspect of the Earth System – how…

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Icebergs shape Southern Ocean productivity by triggering blooms through micronutrient delivery and sustaining biomass via deep nutrient resupply, as revealed by silicon isotope, hydrographic, meltwate...

Nitrogen fixation occurs under Arctic sea ice and is positively correlated with primary production, according to analyses of transects across the marginal ice zone and in the Central Arctic Ocean.

As part of the annual Fram Strait 2025 cruise conducted by the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), the science team from the UK's National Oceanography Centre deployed a new suite of autonomous Lab-on-Ch...

High-latitude zooplankton can sequester millions of tons of carbon due to their seasonal migration from the surface ocean to depth, and their respiration and mortality during overwintering. This seas...

Biological nitrogen fixation is considered the major input of reactive nitrogen in low latitude open ocean regions, fuelling primary productivity and carbon export. For decades, nitrogen fixation had ...