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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Study of Capture Mechanisms of Mercury in Snow/Ice in the Arctic (RiS-ID 11155)

The overall purpose of the field work is to collect 150 snow samples in Adventdalen (Longyearbyen) and Brøggerdalen (Ny-Ålesund) for study transport mechanisms involved for mercury and other atmospheric deposited metals in the Arctic. Especially the role of natural organic matter in the snow is o...

Awarded: NOK 30,704

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Nunataks as an island model system within the island - Dispersal of Saxifraga oppositifolia. RiS ID: 11166

Saxifraga oppositifolia will be sampled from nunataks, to explore the gene flow between populations and to find out whether nunataks function as islands within the island of Spitsbergen. In addition, dispersal and colonisation of S. oppositifolia can be related to environmental factors, since pop...

Awarded: NOK 38,636

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Persistent organic pollution in thawing permafrost

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic chemical substances produced as pesticides, industrial chemicals and industrial unintentional by-products. POPs retain particular physical and chemical properties such that, once discharged into the environment, they remain intact for exceptionally...

Awarded: NOK 64,610

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Diversity and dynamics of bacterial and algal communities during snow to firn transformation on the Kongsvegen and Holtedahlfonna glaciers

Firn cores will be collected along a longitudinal transect on Kongsvegen and Holtedahlfonna glaciers (Spitzbergen, Svalbard islands) to evaluate spatial variability and to assess the contribution of marine aerosols to their composition. Comparison of snow samples of 2018 and firn samples from spr...

Awarded: NOK 58,540

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Svalbard snowpack in a changing climate, RIS-ID 11142

Assess the effects of a changing climate on the snowpack in Svalbard, with focus on warmer and wetter winters. The aim is to link the climatic changes (especially heavy wintertime rain) to changes in snowpack properties like temperature and ice layers. Snowpack models are compared to field observ...

Awarded: NOK 47,823

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Oslo

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Exposure of arctic seabirds to pollutants: what is the role played by individual migratory movements and non-breeding distribution?

Understanding bird contamination during this specific period is nonetheless crucial, as they can also be exposed to high pollutant levels which could affect their survival and population dynamics. Hence, the aim of my PhD is to improve our knowledge of arctic seabird contamination – mostly to Hg ...

Awarded: NOK 78,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Population genetics of reintroduced Svalbard reindeer populations (RiS-ID 11157)

My project aims to study the genetic implications of artificial reintroductions (translocations) of reindeer from Adventdalen to two areas where reindeer were locally extinct in the late 1970’s. I will supplement existing DNA (microsatellite) data with additional samples collected in the field to...

Awarded: NOK 35,640

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Kongsvegen Glacier Surge Dynamics RIS 10933

The aim of this project is to collect data to test a new theory of glacier surges - enthalpy cycling theory. The theory predicts that surges occur where frictional heating creates heat and meltwater (enthalpy) faster than it can be lost. This prediction will be tested for Kongsvegen, a glacier kn...

Awarded: NOK 75,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal CO2 fixation in Billefjorden, chemotrophy vs phototrophy, RiS ID 10889

The aim of the project is to quantify carbon fluxes over the year using isotope labelling experiments. the focus will be on autotrophic carbon uptake via nitrification and photosynthesis. In addition, the heterotrophic carbon uptake by bacteria, arachaea, and microplankton will be measured. The m...

Awarded: NOK 72,757

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Life Strategy of Arctic Marine Phytoplankton in Central Part of Svalbard

Marine phytoplankton is an elementary compound of food chain in the Arctic. The main phytoplankton blooms develop in spring and autumn. Its overwintering strategies are still not fully understood. Recent studies suggest that a part of the population is captured during new sea ice formation. Mixot...

Awarded: NOK 52,579

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Deposition History of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a Svalbard Ice Core (RiS ID 11121)

This project aims to produce a long-term record of the historical deposition of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Svalbard. PFAS are a toxic anthropogenic organic contaminant and have been identified by the Arctic Monitoring Assessment Programme (AMAP) as one of the major chemicals of emerging ...

Awarded: NOK 46,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of distributed snow and firn cover evolution on glacier surface mass change., RIS ID 11152

The glaciers of Svalbard are undergoing profound change due to climate forcing. Precipitation and temperature changes are leading to changes in the timing and duration of the melt period, the type of ice undergoing accumulation (firn versus frozen liquid precipitation or snowmelt) and the overall...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Herbivores in Svalbard: Monitoring Food Access in a Changing Climate (RiS-ID: 11144)

This project identifies ice and snow phenology as important determinants of seasonal vegetation access to herbivores, and centers around the question: to what degree can existing near remote sensing efforts robustly monitor herbivore food access in the high arctic during pre and early green-up? ...

Awarded: NOK 64,030

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Climate system couplings to shipping policy and investments in Svalbard and the High Arctic

This project catalyzes a new trans-Atlantic initiative building on existing expertise between the Ny-Ålesund Flagship Program on Atmosphere Research and projects on sea ice and shipping at Longyearbyen (UNIS), and interdisciplinary research funded through the United States National Science Founda...

Awarded: NOK 91,195

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Sustainable Svalbard Coasts

Nearshore waters are among the most productive regions in the Arctic and the coastal zone has always been the preferred ecotype for humans in the area. De-icing and continued warming will allow colonization of the intertidal zone by Arctic and boreal flora and fauna. Disappearance of coastal sea ...

Awarded: NOK 0.31 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2021

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALBARD ROCK VAULT: From vision towards reality: a pilot project for 2019-2020

The Svalbard Rockvault project is an initiative to archive and protect unique geological material acquired on Svalbard primarily through drilling activity, but also by geological sampling and geophysical acquisition campaigns. National institutions around the globe are in charge of saf...

Awarded: NOK 0.44 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Kongsfjorden System Flagship Program - Creating a network for further enhancement of marine related research and monitoring in Ny-Ålesund

The Kongsfjord Flagship Program (KFP) is one of the four Ny-Ålesund flagship programs and coordinates marine research in and around Kongsfjorden and Ny-Ålesund. As marine research activities have increased lately both in scope and magnitude, and many of these activities are campaign or project ba...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Cooperation in remote sensing of calving glaciers, Hornsund and Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

In 2015 and 2016, as part of the SSF projects nr. 246729 (Terrestrial radar interferometry for monitoring tidewater glaciers in Ny-Ålesund and Hornsund) and nr. 257646 (the CalvingSEIS experiment), partners from Norut, Centre for Polar Studies of the University of Silesia, Polish Academy of Scien...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Permafrost, Rock, Ice and Snow Monitoring in the Austre Loven glacier basin (PRISM) RIS-6815

In a global change perspective, high latitude regions happen to be an important observatory where current dynamics are observed. Studying slopes in polar environments is the main focus of the PRISM project. This project specifically aims at understanding, monitoring, and modeling the spatial dime...

Awarded: NOK 59,312

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SOIL-WATER influence on Trace Elements and Organic Matter in River Water in Arctic (RIS-ID: 10962)

This master project has the objective to study soil-water influence on the trace elements and natural organic matter in Bayelva river in the Ny-Ålesund Svalbard. This to better understand and explain the fate of possible accumulated trace metals in the organic soil layer as well as influence of t...

Awarded: NOK 19,299

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Richarddalen Complex: a part of the Southwestern Svalbard's Province in the northwest? (RiS ID:10910)

We are planning to collect a comprehensive suite of high-pressure lithologies for petrological and geochronological studies. The additional target will be shear zones, where detailed field observations, structural measurements and sampling of the mylonites will be performed. The multi-technique U...

Awarded: NOK 64,866

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Combining DNA metabarcoding and movement data to investigate seasonal variations in Svalbard reindeer diet

Rapid changes in the distribution and accessibility of food resources due to climate warming threatens the viability of arctic species in Svalbard ecosystem. In such conditions, the capacity to optimize feeding choice in space and time is essential for ensure survival and reproductive success. In...

Awarded: NOK 31,543

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Workshop: Geese impact on aquatic ecosystems in a warming arctic (GIWA)

The High Arctic, including the Svalbard archipelago in the North Atlantic, has been exposed to a dramatic climate change. In addition to the direct and indirect drivers of climatic change that include rising temperatures and associated changes in hydrology and nutrient flux , there is also an gro...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of Microclimatic factors on Seed Production in Silene Acaulis, RiS ID 8735

This study will investigate the effect of morphology-induced microclimate on reproductive success in the cushion plant Silene acaulis in Svalbard. The study will use two different methodologies to achieve this goal: camera monitoring of flowering throughout the growth season and microsattelites t...

Awarded: NOK 18,999

Project Period: 2018-2018

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Nestling diet preference of Arctic snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) assessed by DNA-metabarcoding, RiS ID 10909

Birds breeding in the Arctic have to cope with changing and harsh climate conditions during their short breeding season. Adult snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) eat mainly seeds and plant material, but feed their nestlings with insects and other invertebrates. Snow buntings show considerable ...

Awarded: NOK 57,080

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal dynamics of sympagic meiofauna in a high-Arctic fjord

Sea ice plays a vital role in the Arctic ecosystem with many organisms of all sizes depending on it as a habitat, feeding, breeding and nursery ground. Brine channels that form through the ejection of salt from the freshwater lattice during the formation of sea ice, offer a unique habitat for spe...

Awarded: NOK 35,067

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

GLACIER MASS BALANCE - CENTRAL SVALBARD

The project is focused on assessment of current mass balance of Bertil and Sven glaciers - both positioned in the area of Billefjorden, central Svalbard. These glaciological measurements will be coupled with runoff measurements as an easy proxy for estimation of summer glacier ablation. Detailed ...

Awarded: NOK 40,432

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of current surge dynamics of Tunabreen; RIS ID 10913

The proposed fieldwork will be focused on surging glaciers, and specifically will take place at Tunabreen, a tidewater surge type glacier. Its behaviour has suggested a regular 35-40 year interval, between one active phase and another; thus, glaciologists were not expecting any sudden advance bef...

Awarded: NOK 45,096

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fracture characterization of intrusions and the surrounding sedimentary rocks in Gipsdalen and Geese Island, Central Isfjorden, RiS ID 10911

This project aims at characterizing the fracture network in and around in exposed intrusions emplaced in sedimentary rocks in central Spitsbergen. The characterization of the fracture network in and around outcropping intrusions plays an important role in the assessment of the potential impact o...

Awarded: NOK 34,604

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The process of snow-ice formation and its impact on young Arctic sea ice, RiS-ID 10915

The Arctic region is experiencing a change from thick multiyear to much younger and thinner sea ice. In many places, increasing precipitation is leading to higher snow loads on young sea ice. Hence seawater can infiltrate the snow layer through pathways in the ice or from the side. Consequently p...

Awarded: NOK 44,146

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

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