Freshwater ecologist ▪︎ Arctic & Alpine ecosystems ▪︎ Field work rocks ▪︎ Long-term monitoring ▪︎ Revitalization of old data ▪︎ Belief: Let´s make a difference ▪︎ https://www1.bio.ku.dk/english/research/fbs/ksc/ ▪︎ @fblucph.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3mjnaungf7c2p♨️ Greenland’s thermal springs are mapped for the first time by a team effort. I´m happy to have contributed with to this initiative. An example of how historical records, modern satellite data, and local knowledge jointly reshape our understanding of the Arctic. 🔗 lnkd.in/eRA7Dg9U #ThermalSprings16 Apr 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnaungf7c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lptfizwd3k2b🦐 Lepidurus as a Model for Biological Rhythms? Vittorio Pasquali from Università del Salento, Italia presented his findings at @fblucph.bsky.social. 🔬 Highlights: #Lepidurus arcticus & couesii reveals strong patterns but #CircadianRhythms rhythm theories are challenged #Chronobiology23 May 2025 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptfizwd3k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3loes5k2y2s2pSo glad for the collaboration with the lovely UK-team bridging #science and #poetry together. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3loes5k2y2s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lnpshllzsc25Just arrived in #Qeqertarsuag to work at @arcticstationucph.bsky.social for a short while. Fascination to watch the vanishing sea ice and the fragmented snow cover on land. #Spring is setting in it seems. Look forward to team up with the lovely station staff and scientists visiting the station.26 Apr 2025 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpshllzsc25https://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lmuzq3flas2eTruly happy to be partner in one of the nine Arctic projects recently funded by #NordForsk. Our project: Arctic freshwater food systems - influence of warming winters and increased snow cover (FROST), will contribute to a sustainable development of the Arctic. https://www.nordforsk.org/news/major-investment-arctic-nine-research-projects-receive-funding15 Apr 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmuzq3flas2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3llxpygde3c2pA fishy day at #UNIS for the limnology class. Guest teacher @grimsruddavidsen.bsky.social taught about ecology and behavior of #Arctic_charr. Fascinating how this 🐟 species coop with living in the #Arctic. Students got hands-on experience with modern fish tracking equipment. @limnology.bsky.social04 Apr 2025 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxpygde3c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3llsqp3zeg22oAsked the UNIS #limnology_students to formulate #hypotheses about the effect of climate changes in Arctic lake food webs and to create doable in-situ experiments, that could provide answers. Creativity was high ranging from whole year mesocosms studies to fertilizing #lakes with goose droppings.02 Apr 2025 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3llsqp3zeg22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3llr2htngpc2nWash and fine-sieve mud from the bottom of an arctic lake and you´ll find head capsules of #Chironomid mosquito🦟 larvae. We did so at the #UNIS freshwater course with Simon Belle from #SLU. Some specimen were truly old (~200 y) but 100% intact and are part of a climate story. #Paleo_limnology01 Apr 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3llr2htngpc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lkxobxxq6c2xDaily life at #UNIS-Svalbard https://www.linkedin.com/posts/arctic-safety-centre_safety-arctic-indoor-activity-7307832233896116225-y_6Y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAIXNrUBRdZhtBPzyS37Iuz6e7KfPH_C73I22 Mar 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxobxxq6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lkr4lxyzvc2nThere are challenges to do #freshwater sampling in -20oC through 95 cm ice, but this international class at #UNIS_Svalbard runs the whole operation smoothly. They collects under ice light profiles, water samples and plankton. Nothing competes learning by doing. @freshwaterscience.bsky.social19 Mar 2025 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkr4lxyzvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lknxzmdqqs2wBravo, @sannemdt.bsky.social for a new study on microbial biofilm in Greenland streams across 3 regions. Highlights: 🟢 Cyanobacteria thrive even in the High Arctic 🌡️ P & water temperature are key drivers of biofilm growth ⛰️ Catchment slope & NO3 conc shape total biomass https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.7007418 Mar 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknxzmdqqs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lkfznvxius2k🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 🇬🇱 https://bbc.com/news/articles/c2ljrjeqzq4o?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0PMeJ0HIwM3eIq7Hiyui6i0ZSx3-Db3ZYLnZ2LaHC_K6QsCjjRe2-dJD0_aem_7KMj1GGhpfqX4qPwTz7xYA15 Mar 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkfznvxius2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lkfosvdtus2jCongratulation 🎉 Great to see our study is featured. Link to the paper is in Babara's posts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkfosvdtus2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lkc467oa5k2eToday the Limnology-class at #UNIS_Svalbardwe had a very successful fieldtrip to the backland for sampling two mountain lakes. Air temp -22oC and water temp at 7 m depth +2oC. Ice thickness 1 m. Plankton in the nets? Oh - yes. @fblucph.bsky.social @jakobgiesler.bsky.social @rubensh.bsky.social13 Mar 2025 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkc467oa5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lk6wuvafnc23Daily life at #UNIS-Svalbard. Fieldwork is a prominent aspect of all courses offered at this university. Last Friday the entire limnology💦 class went on their first #winter-sampling event. Ice thickness was 83 cm and with a lot of snow on top. Higher education when it´s best @fblucph.bsky.social12 Mar 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6wuvafnc23https://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lk6vreyh3k23Daily life at #UNIS-Svalbard. The return of sunbeams in #Longyearbyen is always celebrated on March 8 - whether the ☀️ appears or not. It did and the iconic miner in the middle of the town also go a sun crown.12 Mar 2025 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6vreyh3k23https://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3ljssf2qjyk2oSalmon fish folks; here's a 2 y post doc position with a great team of reseacher working in beautiful lanscapes. Highly recommended. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Mar 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljssf2qjyk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3ljpza4yvvs25Daily life at #UNIS-Svalbard. Aurora borealis is mind blowing and happens often at 78oN. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpza4yvvs25https://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3ljlblem7kc2tDaily life at #UNIS-Svalbard. The short legged Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) walk the village with no fear of humans (until the hunting seasons starts). This subspecies is only found on the Svalbard archipelago and is smaller than the Norwegian common reindeer.04 Mar 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlblem7kc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3ljgcvpq7tc2wWinter conditions in Arctic lakes will be in focus for the next five weeks at the University in Svalbard #UNIS-Svalbard during the annual MsC and PhD course. I look forward to meet a fully booked course with super-motivated students in few days. https://www.unis.no/courses/ab-833-freshwater-ecology-of-arctic-lakes-and-ponds/02 Mar 2025 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljgcvpq7tc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kirstenseesternc.bsky.social/post/3lj6xr7ev4k2aGave an invited lecture for the Danish University pedagogy network on how we at Dept of Biology www1.bio.ku.dk/english/ create research-based teaching. Our annual Arctic Biology Field course https://kurser.ku.dk/course/nbik18001u/2025-2026 in Greenland for master students takes this approach very seriously.27 Feb 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:6s4oftuspgccndwpwa7ttezb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6xr7ev4k2a