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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

Automotive Lidar based EXploration of glacIer Caves, RiS ID 11600

The goal of ALEXIC is to thoroughly test our newly developed sensor box including the automotive lidar Ouster OS1-64 in an Arctic environment in order to assess the potential of recently emerging automotive lidar technology for several geophysical applications in the Arctic. We want to investigat...

Awarded: NOK 42,651

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Annual and regional distribution of Pseudocalanus spp. in the Svalbard-Barents Sea region

This project will collect monthly zooplankton samples in Billefjorden at three different depths of the water column. The Pseudocalanus species are small size copepods compared to the Calanus genus, but still very large in abundance. Hence, very important. Samples will be analyzed in order to lear...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2021-2021

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Methodological development of near-remote sensing of vegetation dynamics and permafrost collapse

I propose to develop and test a method of monitoring vegetation change and permafrost degradation using simple field instruments and a normal digital camera. I will survey vegetation cover and take photographs with NDVI and normal cameras at 186 permanent plots in Adventdalen. Percentage cover fr...

Awarded: NOK 69,952

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Characterising sea ice algal habitat properties under thin and thick snow cover using UHI and HPLC analysis

The Arctic sea ice cover is rapidly changing due to global warming, and the need for in situ data of the response of ice algal communities, which contribute to marine food webs and influence biogeochemical cycling, is growing. There are substantial gaps in understanding the impact of climate cha...

Awarded: NOK 67,999

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Basin fill history of the Lower Carboniferous Billefjorden Gp, Central Spitsbergen Allogenic and autogenic controls on fluvial sedimentation

Lower Carboniferous strata can be found in outcrops across Svalbard, and their equivalent sub-cropping strata are mapped in the Barents Sea where they form potential hydrocarbon exploration and/or CO2-injection targets. Improved constraints on depositional dynamics of onshore strata will shed lig...

Awarded: NOK 72,996

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard in local and global perspective: an interdisciplinary science workshop organised by the Svalbard Social Science Initiative

The aim of the project is to develop innovative collaboration between Svalbard-related social science, natural science and the local community in Longyearbyen. The main activity is to plan and organize a 3-day workshop with participation from the Svalbard Social Science Initiative (SSSI), Oslo Sc...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Vestland

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

Wing moult in Barnacle Geese shifts following climate change (RiS ID 11429)

In a 30-year time series, barnacle geese advanced their breeding season in two clear warm seasons (2006, 2016) following the general advancement in spring snow melt of 0.4 days/year. Thirty years ago, 17 days after hatch of the juveniles, the adult geese start their primary moult and are flightle...

Awarded: NOK 45,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Harmonizing Environmental Research and Monitoring of Priority Pollutants in the Svalbard Atmosphere

Pristine Arctic ecosystems are one of the most fragile and fast responding to global environmental changes, thus representing a promising "natural laboratory" for studies on global changes. Most monitoring programs and scientific studies focus on already known contaminants like polychlorinated bi...

Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Climate change induced shifts in sea ice algae nutrient content: species, community and trophic implications.

Climate change is the major threat affecting Arctic ecosystems, with trends toward increased sea surface temperatures and declining sea ice noted over the past three decades (NOAA, 2018). Sea ice microalgae form an important part of the Arctic food web, contributing up to 50% of primary productio...

Awarded: NOK 68,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Understanding cryoturbation through Svalbard karst caves, RiS ID 11364

Cryoturbation is one of the most important processes in the Arctic carbon cycle, however, it remains poorly understood until today. Karst caves are favourable locations for patterned ground, which forms due to processes related to cryoturbation. Stable walls, absence of snow and absence of trampl...

Awarded: NOK 65,713

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Bias correction for studies of long range transported pollutants in Ny-Ålesund. (BIASPOL) RiS-ID: 11378

This Arctic Field Grant will cover essential fieldwork required for my master project at the international master program in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Department of Chemistry NTNU. Main objective is to establish bias correction for studies of long range transported pollutants in Ny-...

Awarded: NOK 52,266

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response to nutrient enrichment of freshwaters in a changing Arctic, RiS ID 11396

In surface inlands waters of the high Arctic, microorganisms are the dominant drivers of nutrient recycling, and they are already responding to the extensive temperature and nutrient changes in the Arctic with major feedbacks predicted on climate. For this reason, Svalbard provides a template of ...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Aerosol Flux in Arctic, Ris-ID: 11390

A fundamental understanding of Arctic feedbacks, between polar changing ocean and atmosphere, is necessary for the prediction of both Arctic and Global Climate. Furthermore, lack of fundamental understanding of processes controlling the source of aerosols is isolated by the IPCC as the main reaso...

Awarded: NOK 40,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Detection of the Holocene frontal moraines underneath glaciers; RiS ID: 11398

Climate warming periods during the Holocene resulted in recession of glaciers in Svalbard. The data about glaciers fluctuations may be provided by frontal moraines which are contemporary overpassed and covered by ice. One of non-invasive methods of analyzing bedrock of glaciated valleys is ground...

Awarded: NOK 37,787

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The role of vegetation composition in regulation of soil temperature

This fieldwork will compare the insulation capabilities of moss-dominated communities with vascular-plant dominated communities in Svalbard. It is expected that soil temperatures under moss will be lower, due to better insulation efficiency. Lower temperatures promote thicker permafrost. The acti...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Holocene dust and climate change in Adventdalen, Svalbard, RiS ID 11425

Wind-blown dust deposits called loess blanket Adventdalen and comprise a valuable climate, atmospheric dust and permafrost carbon burial archive. However, we currently lack detailed information on the distribution, thickness and timing of deposition of these deposits and no systematic investigati...

Awarded: NOK 47,999

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Hambergfjellet Formation on Bjørnøya and The Development of The Bjarmeland Group in The Barents Sea RiS ID: 11389

There will be conducted a sedimentary log from Hambergfjellet Formation Bjørnøya and put in correlation with extent of the Bjarmeland group and Hambergfjellet formation in the Barents Sea.There has never been done a detailed sedimentological study on Hambergfjellet Formation. Will act as an field...

Awarded: NOK 67,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of iceberg dynamics in Isfjorden, RiS ID 11043

This project will seek to provide in situ observations of the induced eddy viscosity around icebergs by using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The other project objective is to investigate the stability and 3D dynamics of icebergs with inertial mo...

Awarded: NOK 68,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Igneous complex of Ekmanfjorden: an integrated field, petrological and geochemical study

The distribution and characteristics of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province is still largely debated by the scientific community. In October this year, there was an AGU Chapman conference dedicated to this topic, and leading Arctic experts concluded that more geochemical data, more reliable ag...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbial Production and Biogeochemical Cycling in High Arctic River Plumes (RiS-ID 11392)

The goal of this project is to investigate the effects of freshwater inputs on bacterial and primary production, biogeochemical cycling and nutrient evolution (bioavailability of land-originating nutrients) both spatially (freshwater to seawater gradient) and temporally (melting season 2021) in A...

Awarded: NOK 52,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Desmids as key indicators for environmental change (DESKEY)

Phytoplankton is well studied in Europe and established as a good bioindicator because of its high sensitivity to environmental conditions and due to its short life cycle, the fast prolongation and the great variety in species and shapes. Desmids are a special group of phytoplankton which has bee...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Data collection for validating the AROME-Arctic Weather Model. RiS ID: 11430

In this project we will collect wind data with a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) instrument for validation of the AROME-Arctic numerical weather prediction (NWP). AROME-Arctic has been run operationally for a region covering the European Arctic, including Svalbard, since late 2015 by the Norw...

Awarded: NOK 31,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

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

Albedo and carbon flux properties of Arctic ground vegetation along gradients of reindeer grazing intensity (RiS ID: 11411)

The ongoing rapid climatic and environmental change of the Arctic call for improvement of earth system modelling with better representation of vegetation at high latitudes. Vegetation rich in bryophytes, lichens and biological soil crusts are not included in the current models, despite their larg...

Awarded: NOK 57,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Sediment erosion and transport in the Longyearelva Catchment system, Svalbard.

Monitoring the hydro- and geological processes of the river and its catchment area over the hydrological season will provide a vital dataset for further analysis and mitigations to ensure the safety of the community. During May-October, of 2020, fieldwork will include: - Repeatedly collecting dro...

Awarded: NOK 24,518

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

Mercury release from melting permafrost (MercPerm) RiS-ID 11376

This Arctic Field Grant applies for funding to cover two fieldwork periods in Ny-Ålesund to collect soil and water samples for studying mercury release from thawing permafrost at the Arctic tundra and soil. Both total mercury and methylmercury will be included in this project. Hypothesis is that ...

Awarded: NOK 55,311

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Role of MIgrating birds in TRansport of environmental pollutants to the Arctic (MITRA) RiS-ID: 11387

This Arctic Field Grant will cover essential fieldwork for my master project within the international master program in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry at Department of Chemistry NTNU. Main goal is to study transport mechanisms of pollutants to the Arctic, and especially to bring new knowl...

Awarded: NOK 34,551

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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