Coldregionscience was originally set up as a website describing my research and teaching in the High Arctic and Antarctica.
With time it developed organically, and now you will also find here usueful information on both Polar Regions, interesting resurces for research, teaching or exploration, polar environmental reports or window into the Arctic and Antarctica via webcams.
Coldregionscience focuses on the influence of changing climate on hydrology (e.g. runoff, water balance), biogeochemistry, and microbial activity within the snow and ice.
Dr Aga Nowak
I am an interdisciplinary environmental scientist specialising in freshwater runoff and biogeochemistry.
My research focuses on investigation of short- as well as long-term effects of climate change on the terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with the focus on the High Arctic and Antarctica. Read more..
Currently, I am the researcher on the BIOICE project investigatigating Blue Ice Oases of microbial life on the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
I am also passionate about teaching, as I believe students are our future. Thus, I always strive to provide the highest quality of learning environment for my students using inquiry-based learning. Read more..
News
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New Website POLARDEX online platform for polar infrastructure and logistics is now up and running thanks to Eropean Polar Board
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Antarktisseminar 2022 happening May 3rd and 4th. See the program here and join Antarctic scientists in Framsenteret
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A new 3D model of Troll Blue Ice areas in Dronning Maud Land is out! Have a look and begin to explore Antarctica with Coldregionscience
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New Page - Arctic Resources is UP! 3D models, maps, satellite images, Cryospheric Virtual Laboratory are just a small part of the page
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New Page - Antarctic Resources is UP! Here you will find a collection of free resources for performing research, exploration or just traveliing around Antarctica. Enjoy the freebies and with them this fantastic continent.
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We are continuing Longyeardalen monitoring! - check HERE
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SvalDEM project funded by iEarth started this summer! - 3D models of glacier fronts are uploaded to Sketchfab
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Arctic Monitoring & Assessment Program Event calendar (AMAP)
Latest and ongoing research
Bogerbreen
Glacier mass balance monitoring program - drinking water supply to Longyearbyen
Latest Publications
2021 Nowak, A., Hodkins, R., Nikulina, A., Osuch, M., Wawrzyniak T, Kavan J, Łepkowska E, Majerska M, Romashova K, Vasilevich I, Sobota I, Rachlewicz, G. From land to fjords: The review of Svalbard hydrology from 1970 to 2019. in State of Environmental Science in Svalbard Report https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4294063
2020 Hodson, A. J., Nowak, A., Senger, K., Redeker, K., Christiansen, H. H., Jessen, S., Hornum, M. T., Betlem, P., Thornton, S. F., Turchyn, A. V., Olaussen, S., and Marca, A.: Open system pingos as hotspots for sub-permafrost methane emission in Svalbard, The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-11
2020 Kalinowska, A.; Szopińska, M.; Chmiel, S.; Kończak, M.; Polkowska, Ż.; Artichowicz, W.; Jankowska, K.; Nowak, A.; Łuczkiewicz, A. Heavy Metals in a High Arctic Fiord and Their Introduction with the Wastewater: A Case Study of Adventfjorden-Longyearbyen System, Svalbard. Water, 12, 794 https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030794
2019 Hodson A, Nowak A., Holmlund E.S., Redeker K., Turchyn AV., Christansen H. Seasonal Dynamics of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Evasion From an Open System Pingo: Lagoon Pingo, Svalbard. Frontiers in Earth Science https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00030
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