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POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Ocean Acidification in the Arctic: effects of ice

CARSIC will develop basic knowledge through studies related to process understanding of Arctic Ocean biogeochemistry and ocean acidification: aiming to estimate future carbonate system parameters state in the Arctic Ocean. We plan to work on a database, perform field studies in Svalbard, and ma...

Awarded: NOK 0.79 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

FREMONEC: Effect of climate change and related stressors on fresh and brackish water ecosystems in Svalbard

The Russian-Norwegian collaboration project FREMONEC aims to strengthen the cooperation between Norway and Russia on polar research in Svalbard. It will serve as a positive example for a network building in thematic areas relevant for both countries: impa cts of climate change, biodiversity and e...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Bjerknes Compensation Mechanism: Historical perspective, geographical pattern, and Arctic multi-decadal predictability

Long runs (hundreds of years) of the global climate models and high-resolution climate proxy data sets provide an opportunity to study multi-decadal natural variability of the coupled atmospheric and oceanic circulation. The Nordic seas and the Arctic are regions were such a natural variability ...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

The CRYO-FImBack workshop - Atmospheric forcing and surface energy balance - impacts and feedbacks on the Arctic terrestrial cryosphere

Glaciers and permafrost are the two major components of the terrestrial cryosphere, which will be strongly affected by the changing climate system. A warming climate will change ground temperatures or the glacier mass balance, with important consequences, e.g. release of methane from thawing per...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

The Permian Strata of Svalbard (Support for event)

Several international research groups have been independently working on various geological issues connected to the Permian Strata of Svalbard in recent years. "The Permian Strata of Svalbard" is an international, multidisciplinary workshop intended to br ing together these diverse scientists and...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Reconstruction of Environmental Histories Using Long-Lived Bivalve Shells in the Norwegian Arctic (RELIC)

Analysis of accreted calcium carbonate parts of marine animals has proven useful as a tool in reconstruction of marine environmental histories. In particular, the shells of long-lived bivalve molluscs have provided insight into recent and prehistoric clim atic conditions of tropical and temperate...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Plant biomass studies in the Arctic (ArcticBiomass)

The main purpose is to establish a joint American-Norwegian research team dealing with research on the combination of field and satellite remote sensing based above-ground plant biomass, vegetation productivity and growing season mapping in northern Alask a and in Svalbard, as well as on a circum...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Tectono-sedimentary analysis of growth faults development, Billefjorden Trough. RiS ID 6045

During a summer field season 2013 I would like to investigate the growth faults and their impact into sedimentary facies distribution in the Billefjorden Trough, Svalbard. Two case areas will be examined: (1) the Løvehovden fault in Ebbadalen and Ragnarda len and (2) Odellfjellet and Balliolbreen...

Awarded: NOK 28,415

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

The Oceanography of Grønnfjorden and Billefjorden (GrønnBille)

Under prosjektmøtet i Tromsø 23.04.2014, med UiT og Akvaplan-Niva som vertskap, ble relevante arbeid fra Isfjorden, Billefjorden og Grønnfjorden presentert med et fokus på framtidige og historiske hydrografiske data (temperatur-, salt- and tetthets profiler). Russiske og norske partnere gave en o...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Fate of COPePod secondarY production in a chancing Arctic

A warmer climate with less extensive ice cover will lead to higher total primary production in the Arctic, which has the potential to increase the overall secondary production. Altered climate conditions will also affect timing of primary production, with consequences for the grazers of marine e...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation following range expansion in Svalbard reindeer

In 1978, Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarundus platyrhynchus) were re-introduced by humans to the Ny-Ålesund area following ca 100 yrs of absence due to excessive hunting. The population irrupted and gradually expanded its range to include other areas such as Sarsøyra and Kaffiøyra. This natural ...

Awarded: NOK 20,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Meroplankton seasonality in trophic interactions, RIS 5264 (umbrella project)

Many benthic organisms have planktonic life-stages (meroplankton). Meroplankton exhibit strong seasonality and can be quite numerous during peak occurrence. Relatively little is known about their dynamics and food requirements, even though they might have considerable impact both as grazers and ...

Awarded: NOK 29,689

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Spatial distribution of snow cover and drainage systems on the glaciers on Wedel Jarlsberg Land; RiS ID: 6158

The proposed project is focused on processes of development of the snow cover melting simultaneously on various glaciers on Wedel Jarlsberg Land and consequences to internal feeding and meltwater runoff and development of drainage systems. Fieldwork (sepa rated in spring and late autumn campaigns...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Determination of reflected properties from snow surfaces in Svalbard RiS ID 6160

Albedo changes of the snow occur long before snow melts away completely. This can lead to a change in the radiation budget and therefore affects the radiative forcing in the vicinity of the station. Another effect that will be investigated is the influenc e of varying cloud cover to the amount of...

Awarded: NOK 29,272

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Akershus

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Microorganisms in the arctic: major drivers of biogeochemical cycles and climate change

Arctic soils are currently the focus of intense research due to their recognized vulnerability to climate change, in particular with respect to the unknown consequences of warming on the enormous carbon reserves that are currently sequestered in permafros t. In order to understand how carbon proc...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

ACOBAR-II: Analysis and publication of results from the Fram Strait tomographic experiment.

As part of the EU projects DAMOLCES (2005-2010) and ACOBAR (2008-2013) two major acoustic experiments were carried out in the Fram Strait. The aim was to provide accurate measurements of acoustic travel times over 100-300 kilometer sections for inversion and assimilation into ice-ocean models. ...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Ecological and evolutionary constraints of prokaryotic microbial biodiversity in terrestrial and lake ecosystems of Svalbard, RiS 6206

The diversity of polar (cyano)bacteria has not been well explored until now. In contrast to vascular plants and animals, little is known about the biodiversity, biogeography and evolutionary history of prokaryotic microbial organisms. The traditional vi ew is that historical factors are of litt...

Awarded: NOK 47,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effect of season length and temperature on date of senescence in various arctic plant species subject to changes in snow-depth RIS ID - 6208

I will be conducting long-term monitoring of the effects of temperature and season length on senescence in various arctic plants subjected to changes in snow-depth in Adventdalen, Svalbard.

Awarded: NOK 13,374

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Isfjorden - past and present climate

The project will enhance the collaboration between Russia (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute [AARI], St.Petersburg State University [SPbSU]) and Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute [met.no]) within several of the prioritized topics in the cal l: Climate change, effects of climate cha...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Do OHCs affect thyroid hormone levels in glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) breeding in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard? RIS ID 5267

Sampling of the birds will take place in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, with base in Ny-Ålesund on the west coast of Spitsbergen, during June 2013, presumably five weeks. Capturing of 20-30 individuals will be carried out using trigger nest traps that will captu re the birds by its legs when it flies of...

Awarded: NOK 32,220

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Estimating uncertainties and sources of error in population monitoring of the Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)RiS : 6188

Monitoring population dynamics of wild ungulates relies on accurate estimates of population size and vital rates. However, errors in population monitoring methods can be numerous (e.g. lack of repeated measurement, sampling time period, observer bias etc .) and in most studies they are not inves...

Awarded: NOK 42,999

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Permafrost and sedimentary history of a high-arctic valley: Adventdalen, Spitsbergen, RiS ID: 6176

This project will develop an environmental reconstruction of the permafrost and sedimentary history of the sediments in Adventdalen. This will be determined using cryostratigraphic and sedimentary evidence obtained from a 60 m permafrost core in conjunct ion with local climate, sea level variati...

Awarded: NOK 9,954

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Field validation of metal-induced co-selection for antibiotic resistance in bacterial communities from pristine environments

This project will investigate metal-induced co-selection of antibiotic resistance in soils with no exposure to human use of antibiotics. By analysing resistance patterns in soil samples exposed to a range of metals, it is wished to gain the ability to tel l if co-selection is a modern phenomenon....

Awarded: NOK 10,260

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Life history traits of copepods in a changing Arctic (RiS ID 6168)

Zooplankton communities of northern higher latitudes are dominated by large calanoid copepods of the genus Calanus spp. They are well adapted to the environment in which they live, making them indicators of factors that influence the health and productivi ty of marine ecosystems. Calanus spp. are...

Awarded: NOK 34,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Deglaciation history and postglacial paleo-oceanographic evolution of the eastern Svalbard RIS 6170

This project aims at investigating the changes in the flow of Atlantic and Arctic waters onto the shallow shelf of the Barents Sea during Late Weichselian and Holocene by multiproxy approach. Gravity cores will be collected from northern Storfjorden and e ast of Barentsøya area and analyzed for s...

Awarded: NOK 71,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Polar night ecology of pico- and nanoflagellates

The polar night period is considered as a period of limited biologic activity. However, recent studies have identified an assemblage of heterotrophic protists (Meshram et al. in prep), and a similar level of bacterial production as seen throughout the yea r (Seuthe et al. 2011/12). The aim of the...

Awarded: NOK 26,601

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Surface velocity and calving flux of Kronebreen RiS ID 6183

Kronebreen is among the 10 largest contributors to the total calving flux of the Svalbard archipelago. To estimate the calving flux detailed knowledge on the glacier velocity is needed which can be provided by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imag es. For the validation of those velocity ...

Awarded: NOK 65,197

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

CharrAdapt: Adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate

The CharrAdapt project proposes to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of population biology, physiology and genetics. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr serve as an important model in whi...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2016

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The magnetic fabrics of surge type glaciers in Svalbard

This project involves the novel application of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) to examine deformation within glacier ice. Preliminary results have demonstrated that AMS can provide reliable and useful fabric data from glacier basal ice, reveal ing new information about glacial strain....

Awarded: NOK 13,842

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Do POPs affect stress- and reproductive hormone levels in Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus)from Kongsfjorden,Svalbard. RiS ID 5267

Glaucous gulls, between 20-30 individuals, will be captured for blood samples during a five weeks period of field work (June-July, 2013) in Kongsfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen, with a base in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. The capturing of birds will be carried out using trigger nest traps that...

Awarded: NOK 32,535

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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