MOSJ is an official system monitoring the environment on Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Climate

Atmosphere (3) Land (3) Ocean (5)

Influence

Fishery and freshwater fishing (1) Hunting and trapping (5) Pollution (14) Traffic (5)

Fauna

Marine fauna (18) Terrestrial fauna (3)

Flora

Landbased flora (1)

Updated indicators

Flora    Landbased flora    

Biomass of vascular plants

The biomass of plants in Svalbard varies from year to year, partly as a result of temperature fluctuations during the summer. Humidity, snow cover duration and grazing by animals also…

Fauna    Marine fauna    

Biomass of polar cod in the Barents Sea

The polar cod (Boreogadus saida) is the only strictly arctic pelagic fish species in the Barents Sea. It is adapted to Arctic water masses, with temperatures down to the freezing point. The…

Influence    Hunting and trapping    

Hunting and trapping of Arctic foxes

The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) population in Svalbard has the Red List status of Least Concern (LC). It is trapped for its highly insulative fur. In Svalbard, the Arctic fox has been trapped…