Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N5) detected in an Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, 2023 by Alexander Postel, Nele Gremmel, Christian Lydersen, Kit M. Kovacs, Luca A. Schick, Ursula Siebert, Ingebjørg H. Nymo, Paul Becher

“…The animal was found dead in Svalbard, Norway, in 2023. Sequence analysis revealed the highest genetic similarity with virus isolates from different avian hosts.…”
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Proglacial methane emissions driven by meltwater and groundwater flushing in a high-Arctic glacial catchment by G. E. Kleber, G. E. Kleber, G. E. Kleber, L. Magerl, A. V. Turchyn, S. Schloemer, M. Trimmer, Y. Zhu, Y. Zhu, A. Hodson, A. Hodson

“…<p>Glacial groundwater is a conduit for geologic methane release in areas of glacier retreat on Svalbard, representing a large, climate-sensitive source of the greenhouse gas. …”
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A glimpse into the biogeography, seasonality, and ecological functions of arctic marine Oomycota by Brandon T. Hassett, Marco Thines, Anthony Buaya, Sebastian Ploch, R. Gradinger

“…Across the Arctic, Oomycota comprised a maximum of 6% of the entire eukaryotic microbial community in Barrow, Alaska May sediment and 10% in sea ice near the Svalbard archipelago. We found Arctic marine Oomycota encode numerous genes involved in parasitism and carbon cycling processes. …”
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Sustainable Development Goals and the Geosciences: A Review by Kim Senger

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Get it while it's hot: Benefits of a large herbivore exploiting stochastic resource pulses in a time of food scarcity by Samantha P. H. Dwinnell, Larissa T. Beumer, René van derWal, Steve D. Albon, Åshild Ø. Pedersen, Øystein Holand, Brage B. Hansen, R. Justin Irvine, Erik Ropstad, Vebjørn Veiberg, Leif Egil Loe

“…Using 12 years of GPS‐location data and annual measures of body mass in 72 adult female Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus), we tested whether individuals with greater use of nutritionally beneficial resource pulses in autumn and early winter are heavier going into parturition in spring. …”
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Case studies of different types of precipitation at Ny-Ålesund, Arctic by Lekhraj Saini, Saurabh Das, Nuncio Murukesh

“…The phase changes were explained by the vertical precipitation profiles over Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard ( $$78^o$$ 55’ N, $$11^o$$ 56’ E), observed using a Micro Rain Radar (MRR) and vertical atmospheric profiles using the ground-based microwave radiometer (MWR). …”
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The Arctic front of the global hybrid warfare by E O. Labetskaya

“…The researcher notes that the population of the islands of Svalbard and Wrangel is exposed to a remarkably large-scale hostile hybrid influence from the NATO countries, and concludes that Russophobic narratives peddled to the peoples of the Subarctic pose a serious risk to regional stability. …”
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Phylogenetic analysis and the spatial spread of arctic rabies virus in Chukotka by Sergey A. Chupin, Aleksandr D. Botvinkin, Ivan D. Zarva, Elena V. Chernyshova

“…Among them two different pools were identified which demonstrate maximum nucleotide sequence identity with the Arctic-3 isolates from Greenland, the Svalbard Archipelago and Northern Canada. At the same time, different genetic sub-lineages (Arctic-3 v/s Arctic-2 and Arctic-4) were detected in neighboring land areas on both sides of the Bering Sea. …”
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Estimate of the Arctic Convective Boundary Layer Height from Lidar Observations: A Case Study by L. Di Liberto, F. Angelini, I. Pietroni, F. Cairo, G. Di Donfrancesco, A. Viola, S. Argentini, F. Fierli, G. Gobbi, M. Maturilli, R. Neuber, M. Snels

“…A new automated small size lidar system (microlidar or MULID) has been developed and employed to perform aerosol measurements since March 2010 at Ny Ålesund (78.9°N, 11.9°E), Svalbard. The lidar observations have been used to estimate the PBL height by using the gradient method based on abrupt changes in the vertical aerosol profile and monitor its temporal evolution. …”
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The Growth and Decay of Intense GNSS Amplitude and Phase Scintillation During Non‐Storm Conditions by Mahith Madhanakumar, Andres Spicher, Juha Vierinen, Kjellmar Oksavik, Anthea J. Coster, Devin Ray Huyghebaert, Carley J. Martin, Ingemar Häggström, Larry J. Paxton

“…Measurements from the EISCAT radar in Svalbard (ESR) revealed the presence of dense plasma structures with significant gradients in regions of strong Joule heating/fast flows and soft precipitation when scintillation was enhanced. …”
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Fate of trace elements and emerging environmental pollutants (benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles) from a glacier-fed river in the mixing zone of an Arctic fjord system by Joséphine Amey, Øyvind Mikkelsen

“…The fate of organic and inorganic pollutants was studied in the Arctic, in the mixing zone of freshwater and seawater of a glacier-fed river and a fjord (Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard). Concentrations of trace elements and contaminants of emerging concern, benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles (BTRs and BTHs), were assessed. …”
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Interferometric Study of Ionospheric Plasma Irregularities in Regions of Phase Scintillations and HF Backscatter by Andres Spicher, James LaBelle, John W. Bonnell, Roger Roglans, Chrystal Moser, Stephen A. Fuselier, Scott Bounds, Lasse B. N. Clausen, Francesca Di Mare, Connor A. Feltman, Yaqi Jin, Craig Kletzing, Wojciech J. Miloch, Jøran I. Moen, Kjellmar Oksavik, Rhyan Sawyer, Toru Takahashi, Tim K. Yeoman

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Enhancing microbial predator–prey detection with network and trait-based analyses by Cristina Martínez Rendón, Christina Braun, Maria Kappelsberger, Jens Boy, Angélica Casanova-Katny, Karin Glaser, Kenneth Dumack

“…For this, we investigated algae and their protistan predators in biocrusts of three distinct polar regions, i.e., Svalbard, the Antarctic Peninsula, and Continental Antarctica. …”
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Hiking Trails Facilitate the Spread of a Native High‐Arctic Species by Deborah Zani, Heike Lischke, Jonas Åkerman, Veiko Lehsten

“…We investigated the role of human disturbance in facilitating the spread of a native plant (Papaver dahlianum) in a high‐Arctic natural environment close to Isfjord Radio station and along adjacent hiking trails at Kapp Linné, Svalbard. We reconstructed the spatial pattern of the arrival and spread of P. dahlianum at Kapp Linné by combining historical records of the species occurrence (1928–2018) with a contemporary survey of the plant abundance along the main hiking trail (2023 survey) and tested the relative effects of altitude and proximity to hiking trails on the species density via a generalised linear model (GLM). …”
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Unraveling nitrogen metabolism, cold and stress adaptation in polar Bosea sp. PAMC26642 through comparative genome analysis by Anamika Khanal, Anamika Khanal, So-Ra Han, So-Ra Han, So-Ra Han, Jun Hyuck Lee, Tae-Jin Oh, Tae-Jin Oh, Tae-Jin Oh, Tae-Jin Oh

“…PAMC26642 from the Arctic region of Svalbard, Norway, to withstand harsh environments. …”
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Pathogenic potential of ornithogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> strains detected in the Earth's polar regions by Batyrbek I. Aslanov, Daniil V. Azarov, Maria A. Makarova, Elizaveta G. Marysheva, Lyudmila A. Kraeva, Aleksey S. Mokhov, Ekaterina A. Lebedeva, Nikita E. Goncharov, Natalya V. Lebedeva, Dmitry A. Starikov, Victoria V. Kolodzhieva, Dmitry E. Polev, Artemy E. Goncharov

“…The study used collections of E. coli isolated from ornithogenic biological material during expeditions to high latitude areas of the Arctic (archipelagos of Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, Svalbard) and Antarctic (Haswell Archipelago). 16 cultures associated with avian E. coli (12 polar and 4 temperate strains) were selected for genome-wide sequencing using BGI technology. …”
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High-resolution 4D electrical resistivity tomography and below-ground point sensor monitoring of High Arctic deglaciated sediments capture zero-curtain effects, freeze–thaw transit... by M. O. Cimpoiasu, O. Kuras, H. Harrison, P. B. Wilkinson, P. Meldrum, J. E. Chambers, D. Liljestrand, C. Oroza, S. K. Schmidt, P. Sommers, L. Vimercati, T. P. Irons, Z. Lyu, A. Solon, J. A. Bradley, J. A. Bradley

“…We installed two geoelectrical monitoring stations on the forefield of a retreating glacier in Svalbard, consisting of semi-permanent surface ERT arrays and co-located soil sensors, which track seasonal changes in soil electrical resistivity, moisture, and temperature in 3D. …”
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