Apologies for cross-posting. I’ll host a session in the UArctic Congress taking place at the Faroe Islands 26-29 May 2026. We are currently accepting abstracts. If you could distribute this information through your channels, I would greatly appreciate it. The session details are below.

Session Description: The Arctic Ocean, long regarded as a fragile ecosystem on the frontlines of climate change, also holds untapped potential in the search for sustainable energy sources. Microbes adapted to extreme polar conditions possess unique metabolic pathways that could be harnessed for novel bioenergy production methods, including cold-adapted bio-hydrogen and bio-electricity generation.

This session will explore recent discoveries in Arctic marine microbiology with an emphasis on their application in renewable energy technologies. We aim to bring together microbiologists, bioengineers, and energy researchers in general. Topics include, but not limited to, synthetic biology approaches to optimise energy yield, cold-adapted enzymes for efficient biomass breakdown, microbial hydrogen production in sub-zero environments, marine microbial fuel cells and real-world deployment potential.

As global energy needs grow alongside the urgency to decarbonise, Arctic microbes represent a promising, if underexplored, frontier. This session invites researchers and industry stakeholders to assess both the opportunities and the challenges of utilising these extremophiles for clean energy innovation. We seek contributions from scientists working on polar microbiomes, renewable energy startups with biotechnological platforms, and policy experts shaping Arctic resource access and environmental protections among others.