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FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

Troll Observing Network

Antarktis og Sørishavet er sentrale drivere for jordens hav- og luftsystemer. Jorda vår er koblet sammen med og sterkt påvirket av prosesser som har sitt utspring sør på kloden. For å kunne forstå hele jordsystemet er vi avhengig av kunnskap om de fysiske, biologiske, kjemiske og geologiske prose...

Awarded: NOK 156.9 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2031

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Estimation of snow depth and snow water equivalent based on GNSS-IR method

Global Navigation Satellite System interferometric reflectometry (GNSS-IR) is a method that can enable the determination of many characteristics of the environment that surrounds the measuring antenna. It is based on the characteristics of the reflected radio waves, which vary depending on the ty...

Awarded: NOK 64,124

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Terrestrial Ecosystem Flagship in Ny-Ålesund: From workshops to research projects

The Ny-Ålesund Terrestrial Ecosystem Flagship focuses on ecosystem-based research on tundra, fresh water and soil in and around Ny-Ålesund (Coulsen et al. 2010; Pedersen et al. 2016). The Terrestrial Ecosystem Flagship group has in the past 3 years successfully organized and held workshops aimed ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fossil fuel contribution to Black Carbon deposition on Svalbard Glaciers

In this project, we aim at improving our understanding of the black carbon (BC) sources and concentration loading in Svalbard snow with an observational-based source apportionment study. BC has been identified as a strong climate forcing factor but still the origin of its sources in the Arctic, a...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

First RINGS International Workshop

This project funds a workshop that is organized by the SCAR Action Group RINGS and hosted by the Norwegian Polar Institute between 9-12 March, 2022. We anticipate to have about 50 participants whose expertises are (1) Antarctic contributions to the sea-level change, (2) airborne geophysics, (3) s...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Plastic ingestion by northern fulmars: assessment by a non-lethal sampling method

Plastic pollution is a major concern worldwide and the Arctic is no exception. Svalbard, and especially the Kongsfjorden area, is of high relevance because it receives both Arctic and Atlantic waters, the latter being expected to bring up plastics and the Kongsfjorden fauna is considered as an ea...

Awarded: NOK 99,071

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Science Conference Glaciology Flagship workshop:

The workshop seeks to draw on the collective expertise of a diverse group of experienced researchers, and aims to forge more long-lasting contacts to enhance the interdisciplinary collaboration portfolio of the group, encourage transfer of knowledge and expertise within Norway and internationally...

Awarded: NOK 83,444

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

Characterizing Oldest Ice in Dome Fuji near the base of the Antarctic Ice Sheet

Antarktisisen er omtrent som en sirkel på 4500 km i diameter, og dens sentrale del stiger nesten 4 km over havoverflaten. Årlig lufttemperatur i det indre Antarktis er rundt -50°C, slik at alt snøfall forblir frossent. Når ny snø legger seg på toppen, så presses eldre snø nedover og blir til is. ...

Awarded: NOK 8.9 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

In-flame: INputs of FLuorinated compounds from Arctic MElting RiS ID: 11598

The acceleration of ice melting due to the global warming taking place on Earth might be a new involuntary source of legacy anthropogenic compounds redistribution, such as Per- and Poly-FluoroAlkyl Substances (PFASs). This mechanism is further emphasized by the Arctic amplification phenomenon, wh...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2021-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

MICRONESIA SMall mICROplastics in sNow and aErosol in Svalbard IslAnds Ris ID: 11590

The aim of the project is the quantification and chemical identification of SMPs in Svalbard Islands to better comprehend their transport and pathways through the atmospheric compartment. The role of SMPs global long-scale transport and potential sources in this remote and sensitive polar area wi...

Awarded: NOK 77,446

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of connections between diet change and environmental pollutants in black-legged kittiwake in Kongsfjorden, RiS ID 11573

In my master's thesis I will look at timeseries of levels of pollutants and timeseries of diet-samples from black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) from Kongsfjorden. I will investigate if the observed shift in diet for the kittiwakes, from Arctic to Atlantic species, has an affect on contamin...

Awarded: NOK 36,288

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

GOT_SURGE: GNSS observations of the developing surge on Kongsvegen

In the coming century, dynamic ice loss from glaciers and ice sheets likely will represent the largest contribution to global sea level rise. Sudden changes in dynamic behavior (of which surging is an extreme end member) still are poorly understood. One of the reasons why glaciologists have been ...

Awarded: NOK 78,532

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Analysing the Population Structure of Arctic Waders through Genome Resequencing RiS ID: 11644

Arctic-breeding shorebirds appear to be declining at a faster rate than elsewhere in the world, a trend attributed to recent climate change (Meltofte et al., 2007; Kubelka et al., 2018). To predict how significant such population changes are, we require knowledge of how these populations have rea...

Awarded: NOK 68,999

Project Period: 2021-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Arctic marine mammals in a time of climate change: a Kongsfjorden Case Study ("ARK" – ARktiske Klima forandringer Konsekvenser)

Minkende sjøis samt smelting/tilbaketrekning av tidevannsbreer (breer som har front ute i sjøen) er tydelige tegn på endringer i Arktiske områder som følge av global oppvarming. Reduksjonen i begge disse fysiske særtrekkene i Arktiske marine økosystemer skjer raskere i det nordlige Barentshavet e...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Spatial and temporal dynamics of biogeochemical cycling in Svalbard snowpacks

Snow covers up to 50% of land during the boreal winter and is an interface that modulates energy and mass exchange between the land, the atmosphere and the cryosphere (e.g., glaciers). Snow and the underlying ice and soil, host complex microbial communities and act as a dynamic multiphase reactor...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Plastic ingestion by northern fulmars from Kongsfjorden

Plastic pollution is a major concern worldwide and the Arctic is no exception. Svalbard, and especially the Kongsfjorden area, is of high relevance because it receives both Arctic and Atlantic waters, the latter being expected to bring up plastics and the Kongsfjorden fauna is considered as an ea...

Awarded: NOK 91,030

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The heat is on: resilience and tipping points in Arctic phytoplankton populations under climate change induced heatwaves

Effects of climate change and associated extreme events on primary productivity are of paramount interest for ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical cycling. In a future climate, marine heatwaves are forecasted to increase globally in frequency and intensity, especially in high-latitude regions...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Ny-Ålesund Atmosphere Flagship Program: Collaboration and new directions in atmospheric research at Svalbard and wider Arctic

The main goal of the Atmosphere Flagship is to coordinate the atmosphere research and related activities conducted by number of institutes from more than ten countries in Ny-Ålesund. To keep Atmospheric flagship as living community and its further development is strongly dependent on the SSG fund...

Awarded: NOK 0.48 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of pollution on the reproductive energetics of the Arctic Terns at Svalbard

In this project I will look at pollutants (both organic compounds and heavy metals), in the blood and feathers of Arctic Terns nesting in Kongsfjorden the summer of 2020. I will also look at different physiological parameters, primarily thyroid hormon blood levels. The purpose is to see if there ...

Awarded: NOK 31,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The impact of climate change on the ability of Arctic seabirds to coordinate parental care, RiS ID: 11366

As the Artic environment continues to undergo climate change, the ability of organisms to adapt to the unstable conditions is a subject of ubiquitous interest and concern. Arctic seabirds are made particularly vulnerable to decline by exhibiting highly specialised behaviours, which suit predictab...

Awarded: NOK 78,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of pollutants on thyroid hormones in migratory Glaucous gulls in Svalbard, RIS-ID 5267

In this project I will investigate the level of pollutants in the blood of Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard the summer of 2020. The sampled Glaucous gulls are equipped with GLS loggers that will be analysed to study a correlation between winter migration and the level ...

Awarded: NOK 32,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Unraveling the Paleozoic Northwest Passage: strike-slip motion in southwestern Svalbard, RiS ID:11410

The central objective of this collaborative project between the University of Iowa, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and AGH-University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland is to evaluate variations in the magnitude and timing of displacement on strike-slip faults in southwestern Svalbard. F...

Awarded: NOK 72,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Nutrient cycle - linking the Atmosphere, Terrestrial, Marine and Glaciological flagship programmes in Ny-Ålesund

The research and monitoring activities in Ny-Ålesund is organized in four broad and dynamic flagship programmes, with extensive cross-disciplinary and cross-flagship collaboration. In this proposal, we seek to develop the cross disciplinary and cross-flagship collaboration further by initiating a...

Awarded: NOK 0.49 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Support to arrange a workshop at the 6th international arctic fox conference in Longyearbyen, Svalbard 2020

The 6th international workshop/conference in arctic fox biology will for the first time be organized and located in Norway in Longyearbyen, Svalbard on August 26-29, 2022. Circumpolar arctic fox biologists have since 1991, established a network that have arranged five international conferences in...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALHOLA (SVALbard HOLocene Assembly) Workshops 2020 & 2021

Few places are transformed more rapidly by on-going climate change than the Svalbard archipelago. The scientific potential of this unique natural laboratory to constrain the trajectory of future change is reflected by a surge in research activity and infrastructure development. Yet research is of...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Proposal to the Svalbard Strategic Grant for the realization of a side meeting prior to the Svalbard Science Conference in Oslo 2019

The Ny-Ålesund Terrestrial Flagship program is one of four NySMAC flagship programs that aim to coordinate and integrate international and national research and monitoring. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Flagship focus on ecosystem-based research on tundra, fresh water and soil in and around Ny-Ålesun...

Awarded: NOK 70,826

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALHOLA (Svalbard Holocene Assembly on glaciers and climate history) workshop following the Svalbard Science Conference 2019

Climate change is one of the most serious challenges facing society today. Reconstructing past climate and environmental conditions is important for establishing natural reference values, which better our understanding of the causes and consequences of current and future changes. Previous investi...

Awarded: NOK 61,785

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

Arctic Marine Evolution: using local adaptation to infer future evolutionary responses of Calanus copepods to a changing environment

Det å prøve å forutse effektene av klimaendringer på norsk og arktisk mangfold av marine arter står sentralt i en bærekraftig bruk og vern av Norges rike marine ressurser. I økende grad anerkjenner forskerne imidlertid at modellprediksjoner om virkningen av fremtidige klimaendringer på organismer...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Science Conference Glaciology Flagship workshop: Models and observations of snow and glacier mass balance

This proposal seeks support for a workshop to enhance further international and interdisciplinary cooperation on modeling and field measurements of snow and glacier mass balance in Svalbard. Research challenges and opportunities will be identified, with focus on data gaps and sources of uncertain...

Awarded: NOK 91,406

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Biogenic IOdine MeAsurements in Svalbard Snow (BIOMASS)

A new proxy based on iodine emission from sea-ice-associated phytoplankton and macro and micro algae is here proposed. During spring algal bloom in fact, the increase of chlorophyll concentration in the water has been observed to be accompanied also with an increase of tropospheric iodine species...

Awarded: NOK 56,188

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa