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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · 13d

TRACE-AtlantIC was a success! 🌊🚢
Using U-236 & I-129 tracers, we track Atlantification—how Atlantic waters reshape Arctic fjords.

CTD surveys in Kongsfjorden-Krossfjorden
Water samples collected
Key climate data secured

Thanks to CNR-ISP, DIFA UniBo & Arctic Field Grant 💙

#ClimateChange

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌍❄️ #BRISMIC: plants, microbes & soils in Arctic permafrost. Field + drone data to study #ClimateChange & #ArcticGreening.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Sep 5

The #FishMICRO mission to study Arctic fish #microbiomes in Svalbard has concluded. The samples collected will help us understand how #climatechange affects these fragile marine ecosystems.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Sep 3

The #EcoClimate 2025 activities successfully concluded. #Arctic lake greenhouse gas emissions were measured in real-time for the first time and nutrient inputs mapped. Data will improve predictions on #climatechange impacts on Arctic #biodiversity and wetlands' role in future climate regulation.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Aug 29

During the 2nd summer 2025 campaign for 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐔𝐒 project, IRET researchers maintained structures, took soil respiration data and upgraded temperature sensors. First data looks promising! Work by 𝐄. 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐳𝐳𝐢 & 𝐂. 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢, with key support from 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀. 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨 (ISP). #ITEX #Arctic #CNR-IRET

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Aug 27

The CYANACTALP project has completed its final #Arctic field campaign.
How does climate-driven greening of lake shores affect #cyanobacteria? Research by Camilla Capelli #SUPSI, in collaboration with #INRS, hosted at the Italian research station #DirigibileItalia thanks to #SwissPolarInstitute.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Aug 14

On 14 August 1925, the #SvalbardTreaty came into force. 🇮🇹 was among the original signatories, securing rights in the Arctic that we still honor today through science, diplomacy ❄️

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Aug 4

The 2025 campaign by #IGG-CNR to measure CO2 fluxes in the tundra at the #DirigibileItalia base in #NyÅlesund, #Svalbard, aimed at understanding how photosynthesis and respiration are affected by climate change, has come to an end. Thanks to the Dirigibile Italia staff for their support.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jul 25

📍 North Pole
✅ Mission complete! The second 2025 Project Sedna expedition ends successfully.
Drones, hydrophones, tags, and the sharp eyes of our researchers collected key data on how climate change affects marine mammals.
🔬 Now, the analysis begins!
#climatechange #nyålesund #polarecology

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jul 23

🇬🇧❄️ UNDER: science in Arctic catchments!
Just ended the summer campaign in Ny-Ålesund & Hornsund 🇳🇴. The project, conducted by IGG-CNR 🇮🇹 & IGF PAS 🇵🇱, explores groundwater–surface water links in a warming Arctic.
Next stop: autumn in Hornsund!
#ArcticResearch #ClimateChange #Svalbard

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jul 16

📍 North Pole. Second mission 2025 of Project SEDNA in progress.
🐋 We're studying how climate change affects the presence and foraging behaviour of the fin whale. Our researchers are currently in the field, collecting acoustic data and capturing video footage and aerial images using drones.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌱 Just back from the Arctic!
CNR-IRET researchers completed the summer mission of Beyond Soil, as part of the PhD project by @carlottavolts.bsky.social on impacts of large herbivores in C & N cycles in High Arctic tundra, with new focus on soil microbial activity, in collaboration with NPI.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jul 9

VECNA_III is back in Svalbard! Dr Profeta, Prof. Russo, Dr Marinchel & Dr G. De Vincenzi are monitoring NIMS using traps, eDNA, hydrophones & cameras around Ny-Ålesund. 30 June–10 July. Thanks @dirigibileitalia! #Arctic #marinebiology #doorKnockerSpecies #eDNA

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jun 27

This week, @cnr-isp.bsky.social organized a visit to the Dirigibile Italia Arctic Station to showcase the facility to CNR office managers. It was a chance to highlight research activities, support collaborations with other institutions, and strengthen ties with our Norwegian hosts.

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jun 24

📢 Big news! #Cnr_inm and #Cnr_isp successfully completed NYA 2025 Arctic mission! Achieved key climate data, deployed new sensors (PNRR-ITINERIS), activated real-time buoy, and sampled for marine biodiversity. Back next year to monitor Earth's sensitive Arctic! #ClimateChange

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jun 18

New oceanographic buoy in Ny-Ålesund! 🌊🔬 Part of PNRR #ITINERIS, installed by @cnr-isp.bsky.social & #cnr_inm. Sends real-time data & uses microbial #eDNA to "read" marine biodiversity. Helps understand & protect the #Arctic from #ClimateChange. Remote control for #phytoplankton bloom tracking!

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jun 18

New oceanographic buoy in Ny-Ålesund! 🌊🔬 Part of PNRR #ITINERIS, installed by CNR-ISP & CNR-INM. Sends real-time data & uses microbial eDNA to "read" marine biodiversity. Helps understand & protect the #Arctic from #ClimateChange. Remote control for #phytoplankton bloom tracking!

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jun 16

🇬🇧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 🐋❄️🌊
The first mission of the second year at the North Pole for the Sedna project draws to a close. Thanks to the researchers, technicians and PhD students, who contributed valuable data.
#finwhales #climatechange #articresearch
@szndohrn.bsky.social
@cnr-isp.bsky.social

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · Jun 10

Are whales changing course? We’re heading back to the North Pole with the Sedna Project to understand how climate change is affecting the fin whale’s migration and feeding behavior in the Arctic. ❄️

#iascnr #unisapienza #dirigibileitalia #polarecology
@szndohrn.bsky.social
@cnr-isp.bsky.social

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · May 24

97 years ago today the airship Italia reached the North Pole.
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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · May 20

Since May 12, EEE researchers are maintaining POLAR detectors at the CNR Arctic Station "Dirigibile Italia" in Ny-Ålesund. Active since 2019, they collect cosmic ray data in extreme latitudes—part of a CREF-INFN project involving Italian high school students.

@cnr-isp.bsky.social

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · May 16

Meet Leandro Nahuel Rotondo, our new Station Leader! A biochemist with a PhD in biology, he’s wintered in Antarctica and now brings his passion for polar science to the Arctic—supporting research, managing ops, and embracing the wild beauty of remote regions. Welcome Leandro!

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Stazione Artica Dirigibile Italia CNR @dirigibile-italia.bsky.social · May 16

🔬❄️ We’re live! The CNR Arctic Station “Dirigibile Italia” has landed on Bluesky. From Svalbard, we’ll share stories of Italian science in the heart of the Arctic. Follow us! #CNR #DirigibileItalia #ArcticResearch #PolarScience #ClimateChange @cnr-isp.bsky.social

Photo by Simonetta Montaguti

Reflections in Kongsfjorden, photo by Simonetta Montaguti

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