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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Mercury dynamics in Arctic fjord marine food webs

Marine chemical pollution poses known threats to human health and to biodiversity, ecosystem and societal services. The Arctic region is a major sink of global mercury (Hg) pollution. Arctic sediments, sea and glacial ice constitute vast Hg reservoirs. Recent studies raise concerns about their ...

Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

Long-term effects of environmental changes on ArctiC seabirds: effeCts of seasonal distribUtion and contaMination on popULATION dynamics

Utslipp av miljøgifter i Arktis er lave, men høye konsentrasjoner av persistente organiske miljøgifter (POP) og kvikksølv (Hg) er registrert i arktiske sjøfugler i hekkesesongen. Miljøgifter transporteres over store avstander fra mer sørlige områder til Arktis med elver, hav- og luftstrømmer hvor...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Moving from field studies to ex vivo models for understanding and predicting toxicological responses to multiple stressors in marine mammals

Marine pattedyr utsettes for et bredt spekter av menneskeskapt stress, noe som kan forårsake dårligere helse. Spekkhoggere og isbjørn er blant de mest forurensede artene på jorden. Spekkhoggere er en attraktiv art for hvalturismen, mens isbjørn tilholdssted på isen påvirkes kraftig av klimaendrin...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

PETROMAKS2-Stort program petroleum

Reproductive toxicity and transgenerational effects of petroleum mixtures in fish

Vi tenker som regel at forurensning er noe som først og fremst påvirker et individ der og da i møte med en forurensningskilde. Men hva om effekter av eksponering av for eksempel rå-olje kan spores på tvers av generasjoner – at den eksponeringen som et individ en gang har blitt utsatt for kan få m...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Research term at UC Berkeley, USA

The research stay of Borgå will be with Caroline Williams and her research group at UC Berkeley. Here, she will participate in field work as well as have office space in Williams’ laboratory. The Williams group is a strong research group focussing on how seasonality and timing affects insect phys...

Awarded: NOK 77,999

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Oslo

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

MUCOSAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OF ATLANTIC SALMON SMOLT IN LAND-BASED RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEM (RAS)

Dette nærings-Phd prosjekt har fokus på viktig emne innen Norges landbasert RAS akvakultur, effekten av utviklende RAS teknologier på laksesmolt helse og smoltifiseringsprosessen. Målet med dette prosjektet er å karakterisere Atlantisk laksesmolt før og etter overgangsfase fra ferskt vann til sjø...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Early life exposure to mercury in kittiwakes breeding in Svalbard: A longitudinal study to reveal acquired levels and potential selection

The main objective of the project is to reveal the levels of the contaminants (Mercury, Hg) and where seabirds take up contaminants (spatial origin) during the first years of life. And, by using the longitudinal data- with repeated sampling within individuals from fledging (just before leaving th...

Awarded: NOK 38,986

Project Period: 2022-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILUTARENA-Formidlings- og koordineringstiltak knyttet for miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders 2022

Emerging Leaders is an early-career and mentoring program in the Arctic for young professionals from the academic, industry and policy sector. The program brings together leaders and mentors, and indigenous, business, and policy representatives, to tell the Arctic stories in an educational journe...

Awarded: NOK 34,999

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Long-term exposure to contaminants of Arctic seabirds

Arctic seabirds, as migratory species, spend summer in the Arctic and winter in marine environment in southern areas. Therefore, they are exposed to contrasted concentrations of pollutants like Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and mercury (Hg). In Kongsfjorden, the five glaciers have all been...

Awarded: NOK 99,000

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Mercury dynamics in Svalbard terrestrial ecosystems, RiS ID 11828.

Frozen Arctic soils have been found to store large amounts of mercury (Hg), a highly toxic metal. As the permafrost is thawing due to climate change, it is suggested that this mercury could release from the soil, potentially becoming available to the terrestrial food web. Methylated mercury (MeHg...

Awarded: NOK 73,300

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Mercury Levels in Svalbard Reindeer's Tissue and Faeces in Relation to Diet and Season

Mercury (Hg) is toxic and a concern for the terrestrial Artic environment due to potential release of Hg from the thawing permafrost. For this master thesis the levels of Hg in summer and winter faeces sample form Svalbard reindeers (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) will be compared to investigat...

Awarded: NOK 15,335

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal mercury concentrations and the microbiome (de)methylation gene expression profile in the Svalbard reindeer

This project aims to study the contributions of the Svalbard reindeer to mercury concentrations in the terrestrial trophic chain. We hypothesize that the reindeer are exposed to mercury loads via their diet and that both seasonal variations in mercury intake and microbial processes in its digesti...

Awarded: NOK 13,179

Project Period: 2022-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Plastic ingestion by northern fulmars: assessment by a non-lethal sampling method

Plastic pollution is a major concern worldwide and the Arctic is no exception. Svalbard, and especially the Kongsfjorden area, is of high relevance because it receives both Arctic and Atlantic waters, the latter being expected to bring up plastics and the Kongsfjorden fauna is considered as an ea...

Awarded: NOK 99,071

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

Effects of multiple stressors on Norwegian killer whales: MULTIWHALE

Spekkhoggere er blant havets største toppredatorer. De er også spesielt sårbare for forurensing, siden miljøgifter hoper seg opp i den marine næringskjeden og spekkhoggere befinner seg på toppen. Mange miljøgifter er fettløselige og akkumulerer i spekket til hvalene, og kan derfra transporteres u...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Oslo

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

9th Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium

The Norwegian Environmental Toxicology Symposium is a biennial interdisciplinary symposium with focus on research-based solutions to solve challenges related to the protection of the environment, and in particular increasing knowledge on how anthropogenic stressors affect the ecosystem alone and ...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2021-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Levels and Potential DNA damage of Organohalogenated Contaminants in blood from three Arctic Seabirds species

Svalbard is an important study site for the effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) which avian species accumulate high levels of, due to the high deposition of POPs in the Arctic environment. Together with experienced researchers, blood samples will be collected from 15-20 kittiwakes in ...

Awarded: NOK 34,046

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Mechanisms underlying climate-driven shifts in plant phenology and abundance and the link to population performance of a large herbivore

Climate change is rapidly altering patterns of precipitation and temperature (Van Pelt et al. 2016), causing shifts in plant phenology and resource availability for large herbivores (Bjorkman et al. 2020). In the Arctic, weather patterns are increasingly characteristic of earlier springs and dela...

Awarded: NOK 70,000

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Early life exposure to mercury in kittiwakes breeding in Svalbard: A longitudinal study to reveal acquired levels and potential selection

The main objective of the project is to reveal the levels of the contaminants (Mercury, Hg) and where seabirds take up contaminants (spatial origin) during the first years of life. And, by using the longitudinal data- with repeated sampling within individuals from fledging (just before leaving th...

Awarded: NOK 37,105

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of connections between diet change and environmental pollutants in black-legged kittiwake in Kongsfjorden, RiS ID 11573

In my master's thesis I will look at timeseries of levels of pollutants and timeseries of diet-samples from black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) from Kongsfjorden. I will investigate if the observed shift in diet for the kittiwakes, from Arctic to Atlantic species, has an affect on contamin...

Awarded: NOK 36,288

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Hiding in the shadows: effects of environmental stressors on male calanoid copepods

Polar ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to effects caused by environmental stressors of anthropogenic origin, such as ocean acidification (OA) or ocean warming (OW). Calanoid copepods of the genus Calanus are key species in the Arctic food web and constitute up to 90% of the zooplankton biom...

Awarded: NOK 98,046

Project Period: 2021-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

ANTIfoulants, VEterinary mediciNal products and Organic Material can affect marine sediment organisms, but to what extent?

Lakseoppdrett er av nasjonal betydning i Norge ettersom det er den nest største eksportindustrien etter olje og gass. Det krever betydelige ressurser for å produsere mengden laks som trengs for å dekke den økende globale etterspørselen.. Dette inkluderer å sikre at oppdrettsinfrastrukturen oppret...

Awarded: NOK 10.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo

MARINFORSK-Marine ressurser og miljø

Toward a risk-based assessment of microplastic pollution in marine ecosystems

Vi vet nå at det er plast over alt i verdenshavene. De fleste marine organismer som er undersøkt har mikroplast i tarmen, men det er fremdeles uklart om plasten faktisk tas opp. Det har foreløpig vært et fokus på partikler som er store nok til at de kan sees i et mikroskop – ned til 0.001 mm - r...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Oslo

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi og nye materiale

Investigating the ENvironmental impacts of TRANSformed engineered nanomaterials released from wastewater treatment plants

Med økt produksjon, diversitet og bruk av syntetiske nanomaterialer (Engineered Nano Materials, ENM) i forbrukerprodukter, øker også omfanget av disse i renseanlegg gjennom utslipp fra husholdninger og industrielle kilder. Syntetiske nanomaterialer er dynamiske av natur og kan gjennomgå store fys...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Plastic ingestion by northern fulmars from Kongsfjorden

Plastic pollution is a major concern worldwide and the Arctic is no exception. Svalbard, and especially the Kongsfjorden area, is of high relevance because it receives both Arctic and Atlantic waters, the latter being expected to bring up plastics and the Kongsfjorden fauna is considered as an ea...

Awarded: NOK 91,030

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

Quantitative Adverse Outcome Pathway Assisted Risk Assessment of Mitochondrial Toxicants

Skadelige kjemikalier som slippes ut i miljøet kan ha negativ påvirkning på mennesker og miljø. Nåværende sikkerhetsvurderinger av kjemikalier er svært avhengig av informasjon fra standardiserte laboratorietester for toksisitet. På grunn av det store antallet kjemikalier (>147 millioner i CAS-reg...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Oslo

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

Effects of multiple stressors on coastal copepods: MULTICOP

Forurensning er en av vår tids største utfordringer for livet i havet. Effekter av miljøgifter samvirker med allerede eksisterende naturlige stressfaktorer som predasjon og næringstilgang. I MULTICOP undersøker vi effekten av kombinerte biotiske og menneskeskapte stressfaktorer på biologiske nøkk...

Awarded: NOK 10.2 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

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

MARINFORSKHAV-Marine ressurser og miljø - havmiljø

Are rare earth elements emerging contaminants of concern in the marine environment in Norway? (ELEMENTARY)

De 15 lantanoid-elementene og yttrium utgjør gruppen »sjeldne jordelementer og yttrium« (REY). Disse er essensielle for den grønne omstillingen og er definert som teknologisk kritiske elementer siden de er viktige bestanddeler i mange teknologiske produkter, som batterier, magneter, lyskildekompo...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Workshop på en ny sykdom hos villaks

I 2019 ble det oppdaget en ny sykdom hos nylig oppvandret voksen laks i mange vassdrag som renner ut i den østlige delen av Atlanterhavet. Siden 2014, har en lignende sykdom har forårsaket omfattende dødelighet hos voksen laks i elver som renner ut i Østersjøen. Workshopen skal belyse om det samm...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Integrated Risk Assessment Framework for Evaluating the Combined Impacts of Multiple Pressures on Arctic Ecosystems

Arktiske økosystemer utsettes i dag for en rekke påvirkninger. To av hovedutfordringene er klimaendringer og eksponering for langtransporterte og persistente miljøgifter som hoper seg opp i næringskjedene. Disse temaene har stort sett blitt forsket på hver for seg, men det er et stort behov for å...

Awarded: NOK 18.9 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus