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MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

De-icing of Arctic Coasts: Critical or new opportunities for marine biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?

I dette prosjektet har vi satt sammen et sterkt pan-arktisk og tverrfaglig team fra Norge, Polen, Kanada, USA og Danmark for å bestemme biodiversitet og sosio-økologiske konsekvenser av endringen fra frosne til isfrie kyster året rundt i Arktis. Myndighetene, næringslivet, miljøorganisasjoner, og...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Svalbard

FORINFRA-Nasjonal sats.på forskningsinfrastrukt.

Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System – Knowledge Centre, operational phase

Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) er et observasjonssystem for langtidsovervåkning i Svalbard og havområdene rundt. SIOS er et regionalt distribuert nettverk som er optimisert for å produsere data som er nyttige for forskning innenfor globale miljø- og klimaendringer. SIOS ...

Awarded: NOK 33.1 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Svalbard

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

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Landscape & infrastucture dynamics of frozen environments undergoing climate change in Canada, Norway and Svalbard

Prosjektet startede med en kick-off workshop på UNIS på Svalbard med 10 deltakere fra alle prosjekt partnere 22-23 oktober 2018. Vi gjennomførte også en feltekskursjon som del av denne workshop. Igjennom hele prosjektperiode har vi hatt regelmessige online Steering Committee møter med alle partne...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Svalbard

STIM-OA-Stimuleringstiltak for åpen tilgang

STIM-OA

STIM-OA

Awarded: NOK 27,000

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

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

Injectites and Sedimentary Intrusions in the Mesozoic record of Svalbard (iSIMS)

Field-based structural-stratigraphic study and lithological/petrophysical characterisation of the mesoscale sedimentary intrusions (i.e. injectites) affecting the lowermost interval of the mid-late Jurassic Agardhfjellet Formation in the southern Sassenfjorden area. The aim of this project is to ...

Awarded: NOK 43,999

Project Period: 2018-2018

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALBARD ROCK VAULT: Taking care of data and developing critical infrastructure for geoscientific research and education projects

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. In the majority of the world, national institutions take care of geo...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Coal - the ice core of the warm past: using the natural coal archive on Svalbard to initiate a flagship for palaeoclimate research

The Paleocene coals from the Firkanten Formation, Svalbard represent a globally important record of environmental change. Like ice cores and deep marine drillings, coal (ancient peat) represents a relatively undisturbed environment from which geochemical signatures of climate change can be extrac...

Awarded: NOK 0.39 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Depositional and structural characterization of a paleokarst system in the Upper Paleozoic Gipsdalen Group at Fortet, Svalbard, RiS ID 10929

As part of my Master thesis I plan to accomplish a ground-penetrating radar survey, 3D photogrammetry, acquisition of structural data and an event stratigraphic log at Fortet in order to get an understanding of the interplay between structural geology of the host rock, cave geometries and configu...

Awarded: NOK 54,750

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

COLLECTION OF STRUCTURAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA AT SARSØYRA

The proposed fieldwork aims at a detailed assessment of outcrops located in northern Sarsøyra to better constrain the tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Forlandsundet Basin. The fieldwork will focus on a beach section and a hitherto undescribed basin-bounding fault zone. It will include:...

Awarded: NOK 51,644

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of wastewater on the bacterioplankton community and its characteristics in Adventfjorden, Svalbard, RIS-ID: 10924

I plan to conduct the sampling of the water and sediments from wastewater related and non-related sampling sites in Longyearbyen and Adventfjorden. Two fieldwork campaigns will take place: in low (March/April) and high (July/August) tourist season. I will perform in situ physicochemical analyses,...

Awarded: NOK 70,576

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal development and community composition of sympagic meiofauna in Eastern Svalbard

This is the first project to study the seasonal development and community composition of sympagic meiofauna in the coastal zone in Eastern Svalbard. The failure in sea ice formation urge for increased knowledge of which organisms are utilizing the sea ice as habitat. Sympagic meiofauna are small ...

Awarded: NOK 59,060

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALHOLA - Svalbard Holocene Assembly on Glaciers and Climate

Studying past shifts in high latitude glaciers and climate through the current interglacial (the Holocene, covering the last c. 12000 years) allows us to better understand the role of the Arctic in the global climate system and to more effectively predict antecedent climate scenarios. Due to Sval...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Kongsvegen: INitiation of a Glacier Surge (KINGSurge)

Kongsvegen is a surge-type glacier in Svalbard that last surged in 1948. Ongoing GPS measurements have indicated that the glacier has started to accelerate, and another surge may be imminent. The early detection of an incipient surge is exceptionally rare, and we have a short window of opportunit...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2020

Location: Svalbard

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

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

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Kongsvegen Glacier Surge Dynamics

A major uncertainty in the contribution of glaciers to sea level rise is the role of glacier dynamics, and is particularly complicated for surge-type glaciers, where even the primary controls on glacier motion are poorly understood. This project aims to improve the understanding of glacier dynami...

Awarded: NOK 52,888

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Small-scale dynamics of Arctic coastal sediments: Isbjornhamna, Svalbard. RIS-ID 10918

This project consists of 2-months-long multidisciplinary survey of Isbjornhamna (Hornsund) coastal zone for investigation of local sediment erosion / transport / deposition processes characteristics, and also for detailed imaging of the internal structure of the bay's sediments. Main project goal...

Awarded: NOK 64,999

Project Period: 2018-2018

Location: Svalbard

FORINFRA-Nasjonal sats.på forskningsinfrastrukt.

Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System - Infrastructure development of the Norwegian node (SIOS InfraNOR) - revised

Klimaendringer er en av de største utfordringene vi står overfor i dag. Globale klimamodeller viser at polarområdene spiller en viktig rolle i jordas klimasystem. Det er i Arktis at klimaendringene skjer fortest, og det er anslått at temperaturene her vil øke med mellom 4 og 8 grader i snitt inne...

Awarded: NOK 94.3 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2028

Location: Svalbard

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Arctic offshore and coastal engineering in changing climate

AOCEC-prosjektet utviklet forskning og utdanning i verdensklasse gjennom langsiktige relasjoner med sterke akademiske grupper fra Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN, Canada), Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) og Moskva Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT, Russland), Dartmouth Co...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Svalbard

MILUTARENA-Formidlings- og koordineringstiltak for miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Internasjonal sommerskole: The marginal ice zone. Cross-cutting challenges which require interdisplinary research, management and policy.

Fordi sommerskolen 2017 tar sikte på internasjonal deltagelse er prosjektsammendraget på engelsk. In recent years, we have witnessed significant changes and reductions in Arctic sea ice distribution and volume and a decrease of the Arctic sea ice extent. Seized as an opportunity, plans are bei...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Developing research and education collaboration across the largest climatic gradient in the Arctic between Svalbard and Northern Greenland

It is unique and important to be able to study the entire breath of the largest climatic gradient in the Arctic from cold Northern Greenland to warm Svalbard. So far, this has not been possible due mainly to logistical challenges and the remoteness of the northern Greenlandic area. With the newly...

Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

3D thermo-baric modelling of central Spitsbergen: implications for gas hydrate occurrence and geothermal potential. (RiS ID 10633)

I plan to conduct complementing electrical resistivity tomography and ground-penetrating radar surveys in order to constrain and verify a model of the subsurface temperature conditions within central Spitsbergen. The modelling of the subsurface temperature conditions forms the backbone of my MSc ...

Awarded: NOK 56,785

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of herbivory and warming on tundra plant communities

Warming of the Arctic is unequivocal. However, biotic factors such as herbivory can modulate the responses of tundra ecosystems to climate change through its impacts on vegetation. In the Archipelago of Svalbard, higher temperatures in summer and increased goose population in the last decades set...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

COLLECTION OF STRUCTURAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA AT SARSTANGEN

I will write my MSc. thesis on the evolution of the Forlandsundet Basin. Thereby focusing on structural and sedimentological features in the outcrops of the Sarstangen area. In the field I plan to: - Obtain structural data from faults and fractures to better constrain the movement history along ...

Awarded: NOK 45,915

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Imaging Subglacial Conditions in 3D

This project aims to image the subglacial conditions and bed topography of glaciers in Svalbard using a 3D ground penetrating radar survey. This will result in the ability to identify basal features which are fundamental to subglacial hydrology and basal drag, however are not resolvable using tra...

Awarded: NOK 63,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Physiological adaptions of Arctic algae during the bloom development under current and future conditions, RiS ID 10647

The aim of my project is to investigate physiological adaptions and primary production in Arctic pelagic and sympagic algae to current and future environmental changes (e.g. light availability and carbonate chemistry). More specifically, I want to follow photo-physiological adaptions during the s...

Awarded: NOK 78,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard