But first. Universitetssenteret på Svalbard. Gunnar Sand,

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1 But first Universitetssenteret på Svalbard Gunnar Sand,

2 Universitetssenteret på Svalbard Gunnar Sand,

3 Etableringen av UNIS 1987: Brundtlandkommisjonen. Politisk mål å søke alternative næringer 1989: Forslag om arktisk høyskole 1992: Gudmund Hernes og Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl løfter saken inn på den politiske agenda 1993: UNIS etableres som en stiftelse under de fire universitetene. 1995: UNIS-bygget innvies 2002: Stiftelsen legges ned, UNIS omdannes til et AS under UFD 2006: Forskningsparken åpner dørene

4 UNIS 2008 UNIS nærmer seg 80 årsverk som bor og virker i Longyearbyen. Mer enn 225 professorer, studenter og støttepersonell har sitt daglige arbeid ved UNIS. Inkludert familier representerer UNIS 20 % av Longyearbyens befolkning. UNIS står for nær halvparten av alle vitenskapelige årsverk på Svalbard. Halvparten av både stab og studenter kommer fra andre land enn Norge. 26 land var representert ved UNIS i 2007.

5 Mission (the purpose of UNIS) UNIS shall offer education and perform research based on Svalbards geographical position in the Arctic and the advantages this represents. UNIS shall play a major role in building an international research platform on Svalbard and in representing and securing Norwegian polar interests. UNIS shall be a resource for the communities on Svalbard by making its competence available and by its contribution to sustain a stable whole-year family community in Longyearbyen. All education and research at UNIS shall satisfy the provisions of the Svalbard Environmental Act.

6 Basic strategies UNIS performs research and education and provides technical support in the fields of Arctic biology, Arctic geology, Arctic geophysics and Arctic technology. We develop courses on energy and the environment. UNIS offers highly specialized courses at PhD, master and bachelor levels that are supplementary to the curriculum at the Norwegian mainland universities. UNIS is an international organization, where approximately half of both students and scientific staff come from outside Norway. English is the official language. UNIS is a network university, with a small core staff of full time professors and associate professors cooperating with a large network of adjunct professors and guest lecturers.

7 Mye er klimarelatert

8 Høy-Arktis varmes raskt opp Temperaturen i 2006 lå 5 grader over snittet for siste 50 år.

9 Livet er sårbart Fantastiske strategier for overlevelse

10 Hvor kommer plantene fra? Alsos, Eidesen, Ehrich, Skrede, Westergaard, Jacobsen, Landvik, Taberler & Brochmann. In prep.

11 Dynamikken i næringskjeden IPY-prosjekt ledet fra UNIS.

12 Endrer Golfstrømmen sitt løp? og hvorfor skjer det? To IPYprosjekter med UNISdeltagelse.

13 Forståelse av breer og permafrost To IPYprosjekter med UNISdeltagelse (vi leder det ene).

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15 Vindu mot verdensrommet Partikkelstrømmen fra sola samles i kløfta i magnetfeltet.

16 Operasjoner i arktiske farvann Store energiressurser befinner seg i et av klodens mest sårbare farvann.

17 Oljesøl i arktiske farvann Ulike oljetyper testes ved lave temperaturer på Svalbard.

18 Oljesøl i arktiske farvann I samarbeid med SINTEF, NILU og Universitetet i Bergen. Støttet av Norges forskningsråd.

19 Europas miljøsluk Vinder og havstrømmer tømmer miljøgiftene i Arktis. Ambien t air Ice drift Ocean currents Rivers

20 Studentene våre

21 Sikkerhet først

22 The frozen five

23 Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIAEOS) Gunnar Sand, director of UNIS Kim Holmén, research director of NPI Brussels

24 The goal of SIAEOS Establish an Arctic Earth Observing System in and around Svalbard that integrates the studies of geophysical, chemical and biological processes from all research and monitoring platforms. SIAEOS is an opportunity for Europe to establish the central node in the global monitoring of the High Arctic.

25 To achieve this we will: 1. Organize all infrastructure and all research and monitoring activities into four observation platforms being land-based, sea-based, glacier/ice-based and space/air-based. 2. Assess the present infrastructure and activities to identify gaps and weaknesses in the system. Invest in additional infrastructure and activities to close these gaps. 3. Establish a Knowledge Centre in Longyearbyen for data assessment, integration, storage and delivery, education and outreach, cooperative efforts, and input to Earth System modeling. 4. Take actions to coordinate the SIAEOS initiative with complementary ESFRI efforts as well as other Earth Observation Systems and related modelling efforts.

26 Extensive infrastructure in place Research organizations from 20 countries are present on a regular basis, operating a wide variety of land and sea-based facilities. Norway has established an international university in Longyearbyen (UNIS) with students and staff from 25 countries. Ny-Ålesund has been developed into an international, high standard field station focusing on environmental and climate research. Svalbard is accessible all year round because of its advanced community infrastructure and its relatively mild climate. Svalbard has the highest available data bandwidth in the High Arctic.

27 Major research facilities SvalSat/SvalRak Eiscat Aurora Observatory Marine Laboratory Zeppelin Station Sverdrup Station Svalbard Science Centre Research stations in Ny- Ålesund, Barentsburg Hornsund and Svea Numerous field stations Research vessels Sval Sat facilities

28 Active institutions in Svalbard University Centre in Svalbard Norwegian Polar Institute Alfred-Wegener-Institute Institute Polaire Français British Antarctic Survey National Research Council of Italy National Institute for Polar Research, Japan Korea Polar Research Institute Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration Arctic Centre, Univ. of Groningen, Holland Eiscat Scientific Association Arctic Antarctic Research Institute, Russia Polish Academy of Sciences Norwegian Mapping Authority SINTEF Group Norwegian Institute for Air Research Stockholm University, Sweden Andøya Rocket Range Norwegian Space Centre University of Tromsø Nagoya University, Japan University of Leicester, UK AWI-UNIS signing ceremony

29 Supporting institutions Norwegian National Committee on Polar Research, with members representing: Institute of Marine Research Norwegian Space Centre Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Norwegian Meteorological Institute Norwegian Polar Institute Norwegian World Heritage University of Tromsø Danish Polar Center University Centre in Svalbard StatoilHydro Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) French Polar Institute Paul Emil Victor (IPEV) Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geophysics Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Finnish Meteorological Institute EISCAT Scientific Association University of Groningen and The Willem Barentz Polar Institute University of Rostock - Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

30 Right now The new Aurora Observatory officially opens in Longyearbyen by the Norwegian Minister of Research and Education. Fully financed by the Norwegian government (3,5 mill. Euro). Complements the EISCAT and SPEAR facilities on Mine 7 Mountain. Enhances the possibility to study the energy balance of the atmosphere. Offers a valuable contribution to our atmospheric based observation platform.

31 Infrastrukturen på Gruve 7-fjellet har kostet MNOK 1. UNIS ønsker å utnytte potensialet til forskning og undervisning. 2. UNIS ønsker å være katalysatoren som bringer fagmiljøene sammen. 3. Sammen med Eiscat, UiO og UiT vil vi studere energitransporten mellom atmosfæriske lag. 4. Vi fremmer en ny, felles søknad overfor Forskningsrådet i juni.

32 Partnere i observatoriet: University of Oslo, Norway Finnish Meteorological Institute University College of London National Institute of Polar Research, Japan University of Southampton, UK Danish Meteorological Institute Air Force Research Laboratory Augsburg College, USA University of New Hampshire Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, USA University of Tromsø, Norway University of Wales, Aberystwyth University of Sendai, Japan

33 UNIS CO2-lab An integrated research and education laboratory

34 Longyearbyen relies on black, dirty coal is that a threat or an opportunity?

35 UNIS developed a vision Let s follow the carbon from the source to the solution.

36 Why Svalbard as test site? Svalbard is a favorable place to study global warming. Svalbard is also a favorable place to demonstrate technologies to deal with the problems. Svalbard is a closed energy system. Svalbard has coal Svalbard has geological structures that are suited to store CO2 Svalbard has competence Svalbard has international attention

37 The geology is favourable shale shale sandstone shale

38 UNIS CO 2 -lab Integrated research and education laboratory. Monitors CO2-injections over a 10 year period. Detailed seismic mapping 6-10 drill holes Drill-hole monitoring systems Fixed geophone network for CO2 flow monitoring Injection infrastructure CO2 injection rate < 25 k-tons/y airport Longyearbyen Assumed direction of CO2 flow CO2 injection laboratory? Injection target sandstone at c meters Flow up along layer

39 We need people

40 UNIS Arctic science for global challenges Takk for oppmerksomhete