With rising temperatures and decreasing sea ice, the Arctic shipping season is steadily being extended, though conditions continue to be challenging. A research collaboration across the European Nordic countries develops a sea ice modelling tool that helps the shipping industry estimate risks. The tool also calculates the climate indicator for sea ice to predict future navigability in the Arctic Ocean.
Under the headline NOrdic CryOSphere Digital Twin (NOCOS DT), the project pools scientific resources from several countries to develop computational modelling.
“The tools developed by NOCOS DT will improve climate-smart practices and assessment of climate-related risks making shipping in the Arctic and Baltic Sea safer and more efficient” according to the website of CSC, Finland’s national research and education network (NREN), a partner in the project.
Submitted by Morten Andersen
