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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

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3D modelling and interpretation of paleochannels in the Aspelintoppen Formation, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. RiS-ID 11322

This project focuses on 3D mapping by drones and logging of Aspelintoppen Formation [Fm]. Earlier work has proved mapping to be difficult, since the outcrops have little accessibility. The formation comprises of large flood channels which cannot be mapped precisely using traditional geological fi...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Geochemistry of Jan Mayen subglacial outlet streams, RIS ID 11394

We propose to conduct detailed studies of the hydrochemistry of the outlet stream of Sørbreen, a large, land-terminating outlet on Beerenberg Volcano’s south side. Because of the diurnal nature of glacier surface melt, a 24-hour sampling schedule will allow for assessment of the chemical effects ...

Awarded: NOK 41,144

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Geological Investigation of the Genesis of Hydrothermal Sulfide Mineralizations on the Barents Shelf

Global demand for mineral resources continues to increase, particularly non-ferrous metals which constitute vital components in many technologies imperative to the green shift. By investigating sulfide mineralizations in non-traditional environments, such as the mostly submerged continental Baren...

Awarded: NOK 55,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Testing the trophic match-mismatch hypothesis in Svalbard snow bunting (RiS ID 11426)

In this project, I will look into how the advanced timing of spring snow melt in Svalbard affects arthropod abundance and activity, and how this in turn can be linked to snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) breeding dates and success. Because the snow bunting chicks are fed with arthropods (insec...

Awarded: NOK 42,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Aerodynamic Surface Roughness of Crevassed Glaciers from UAV Mapping, RiS ID 11148

Sensible and latent heat fluxes will play an increasingly important role in the melt rate of glaciers regarding global warming. Crevasses on glaciers make the surface rougher and thus leading to more turbulence what again is expected to intensify the atmospheric heat exchange. However, energy bal...

Awarded: NOK 28,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Validation and Application of Novel Wind Estimation Techniques with UAVs in the Arctic

This project aims to develop the novel application of rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for wind speed and direction estimation in the Arctic. The method relies on using the drone’s inertial measurements (pitch, roll, yaw angles & thrust) in a GPS-hold mode to estimate wind. The method ...

Awarded: NOK 28,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Deposition History of Microplastics (MPs) in a Svalbard Ice Core (RiS ID 11402)

This project will investigate the atmospheric deposition of microplastics (MPs) using a Svalbard ice core. By collaborating with international partners, this project will produce the first ever record of the temporal atmospheric deposition of MPs in the Arctic and in an ice core. The ice core rec...

Awarded: NOK 66,999

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Use of remote sensing for characterizing river influence on Svalbard’s coastal waters

Arctic coastal ecosystems are undergoing rapid change, including large increases in delivery of freshwater (and associated sediments, nutrients and organic matter) from land to sea. Although these changes are expected to have a broad range of impacts on coastal biogeochemistry and ecology, the dy...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

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

Glaciofluvial Microplastic Deposition, RiS ID: 11417

The aim of the study is to determine how ´pristine´ glaciogenic sediments and ice incorporate microplastic pollution. Can it be said that glaciogenic sediments at the coastline contain a stronger anthropogenic signal then those at the glacier margin and within ice being incorporated into the glac...

Awarded: NOK 28,114

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Particulate matter released from Brøggerbreene, study of potential impact on chemical conditions in Bayelva and Kongsfjorden RiS-ID: 11380

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 chemical composition of particulate matter released from Brøggerbreene near Ny-Åles...

Awarded: NOK 29,495

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Krill CHronobiology in a changing Arctic Sea Ecosystem (KrillCHASE); RIS ID 11368

Biological clocks are central to all living systems providing an innate measure of time so that organisms can anticipate and adapt to cyclic changes in their environment. The circadian clock is synchronized by temporal cues such as daily light/dark cycle or photoperiod. However, the Arctic enviro...

Awarded: NOK 64,565

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Multi-physical Detection of Along-fault CO2 Migration through cap rock shales

On Svalbard, the UNIS CO2 Lab (http://co2-ccs.unis.no/) operates the Longyearbyen CO2 Lab, a pilot-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) research & development (R&D) programme. Several boreholes penetrate the targeted reservoir and top seal (i.e., cap rock), and extensive characterisation of the...

Awarded: NOK 41,023

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of thermo-mechanical properties of sea ice, RiS ID 11408

The project is focused on the investigation of ice actions on coastal zone in Spitsbergen. In particular the project work includes laboratory experiments and in-situ measurements of deformations of land fast ice caused by changes of the air temperature and freezing of sea water in tidal cracks. T...

Awarded: NOK 48,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal interactions and stress physiology in an Arctic-nesting seabird

Seasonal environments impose several constraints on wild animals resulting in highly sequential and often well-defined stages throughout the annual life cycle. The fitness of an individual relies on a successful integration of these stages across seasons, which can be particularly challenging for...

Awarded: NOK 78,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Carboniferous - Permian sandstone properties on Bjørnøya and the Barents Sea

This project will investigate Carbonieferous - Permain sandstones properties, provenance and diagenetic history with respect to sedimentological facies and depositional environments on Bjørnøya through a two-week-long field campaign and post field work analysis. Samples and sedimentological data ...

Awarded: NOK 67,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Arctic Aliens - Invertebrates Associated with Antropogenic Activity RiS ID: 11406

The primary objective of this project is to survey the non-native invertebrate species diversity, abundance and distribution within Longyearbyen, and associated areas. The work shall assess the town through systematic transects, as well as specific sampling of 'hot spots' such as disturbed anthro...

Awarded: NOK 24,997

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Dynamics of glacial channels, RiS ID 11423

The project has the goal to investigate the dynamics of glacial channels with sensing drifters. Three different prototype drifter platforms will be used to measure water flow inside supraglacial, englacial and subglacial channels. The platforms can measure water pressure, flow velocity, position,...

Awarded: NOK 75,052

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Ice algae and meiofauna abundance and biomass in coastal sea ice of Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

Sea ice algae and meiofauna are two key components in Svalbard's ecosystem. Both play a significant role in the short food webs of the cryosphere and are highly sensible to climate warming. Various environmental parameters, including light, water temperature and salinity limit and influence their...

Awarded: NOK 47,224

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

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

AUTO: Secrets of success in Saxifraga oppositifolia, RiS ID 11070

In this project I aim to investigate consequences of autopolyploidy on phenotypic variation, with focus on reproductive strategy and reproductive output. I will use the circumpolar, arctic-alpine species Saxifraga oppositifolia (Saxifragaceae), as study system, where two main ploidy levels are kn...

Awarded: NOK 45,547

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Plant communities mediate climate effects on active layer depth

This study will investigate the influence of plant communities dominated by vascular plants vs moss-dominated communities under different climate regimes. As yet we know very little about insulation capacity in these contrasting plant communities. Furthermore, we also do not know which vegetation...

Awarded: NOK 43,405

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Re-evaluation and Homogenization of Aerosol Optical Depth Observations in Svalbard

The main purpose of this project is to integrate observations of atmospheric parameters of great importance for climate change (aerosol optical depth, aerosol Ångstrøm exponent, aerosol black carbon content) in and around Svalbard. These observations have been performed at different places and wi...

Awarded: NOK 0.49 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Akershus

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

Harmonization of methods of marine microplastic assessment in the Arctic

Microplastic research attracts increasing attention and funding globally. It is crucially important to have clear and applicable guidelines that enable data comparability. Those guidelines need to consider sampling techniques, quantitative assessments, chemical identification of particles as well...

Awarded: NOK 0.48 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Oslo

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

51st International Arctic Workshop 2021 in Svalbard

Initiated at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado in 1970, and held at international venues specialising in Arctic Science every odd year and back at INSTAAR every even year, the International Arctic Workshop (IAW) is an annual event focussing on all...

Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

A method to identify sea-ice breakup: a pilot study

This pilot study is aimed to bring together experts in wave and ice dynamics to develop a methodology to identify the exact instant at which sea-ice cracks or breaks. To develop a systematic approach to measure wave-induced sea-ice breakup international collaboration is vital because: (i) the lac...

Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

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

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