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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Lake coring Svalbard 2017

The Holocene Thermal Maximum (11-5 ka BP) may serve as an analogue for near-future Arctic climate: Like the present, this period was characterized by a combination of high radiative forcing (caused by maximum summer insolation instead of greenhouse gases) and freshwater input from melting Arctic ...

Awarded: NOK 77,999

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The CalvingSEIS Workshop

This workshop evolved from the CalvingSEIS project (NFR) and The CalvingSEIS Experiment (SSF). In August 2016, an in-situ measurement campaign at the front of Kronebreen, Svalbard brought together 14 people from 6 nations and 9 nationalities over a 2 week period to measure processes and propertie...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Predicting the FUture KOngsfjord EcoSYStem, FUKOSYS

The Kongsfjord Flagship Program is one of the four Ny-Ålesund flagship programs. It is currently in the process of developing a structured and integrated research agenda under the umbrella of the Ny-Ålesund Science Plan. This proposal aims to enable the Flagship to be organized in a number of top...

Awarded: NOK 0.29 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2019

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SeaBasin Checkpoints Arctic: the Svalbard case

In 2015 the European Commission (EC) funded a 3-year project (2015-2018) called 'Sea Basin Checkpoints - lot Arctic' (SBC Arctic) that is executed by a consortium consisting of Arcadis, Wageningen Marine Research, SINTEF and MARIS. This projects examines the current data collection and data assem...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Immunomodulation by legacy and emerging pollutants in the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) at Svalbard

First and foremost this project aims to compare the immunotoxic effects of various contaminants on kittiwakes inhabiting Svalbard, with particular focus on emerging contaminants. The effects of pollutants on both the innate and adaptive immune response will be investigated. The longer-term projec...

Awarded: NOK 42,041

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbes in poly-extreme environments and their potential roles in greenhouse gas release: Gruve 5, an acidic polar peat-draining AMD river

Peat soils store vast amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC) and are of importance with regards to climate change. We aim to identify and compare key microbial players of the soil in a peat-draining poly-extreme environment (acidic polar Acid Mine Drainage river) in Svalbard due to its physicochem...

Awarded: NOK 28,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Determination of seasonal development and community composition of sympagic meiofauna in Van Mijenfjorden; RiS ID 10641

Sea ice is a vital component of the Arctic ecosystem, organisms of all size classes dependent on it as a habitat, feeding, breeding and nursery ground. The microscopic organisms that inhabit the brine channels in the interior of the ice are known as sympagic (ice-associated) meiofauna (> 20 um). ...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Identifying the permafrost isotopic signal and assessing permafrost freezing age by radionuclides

We use Radium isotopes to assess the freezing age of the pore-ice water. Because of the effort required to extract sufficient amounts of pore-ice water, and due to the expected low activity (concentration), we use ratios of different Radium isotopes. These ratios can serve as a unique signal of t...

Awarded: NOK 72,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Is the Arctic copepod Calanus glacialis subject to metabolic trade-offs when exposed to heatwaves and ocean acidification

Present day marine environment is under pressure from multiple changing environmental factors driven by global climate change (GCC) such as extreme event like heatwaves (HW) and ocean acidification (OA). The Arctic has been identified as the most vulnerable region in regards to GCC and will under...

Awarded: NOK 75,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Towards modelling carbon uptake in permafrost soils, RiS ID: 10689

The project aims to produce a field data set of soil carbon profiles in the area around Ny-Ålesund, covering a wide range of environmental conditions. The data set extracted from this "natural laboratory" on Svalbard will become a cornerstone of the PhD work of the applicant which is dedicated to...

Awarded: NOK 58,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Characterise and identify the glacigenic sediments in lake sediments at Vårfluesjøen, derived from subpolar glaciers in the Arctic

Data sets and time series are limited from the high-Arctic and is therefore urgently needed in order to understand past climate fluctuations and the natural climate variability in the Arctic. Glaciers are excellent indicators of past climate and can help us to better understand the natural climat...

Awarded: NOK 77,999

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Iron Speciation on Svalbard Ice Cores and Snow, RiS ID: 10632

Iron is an element which has great relevance on oceanic biogeochemistry. In its more soluble form, Fe(II), it acts as a biolimiting nutrient regulating the phytoplanktonic bloom, especially in High-Nutrient Low-Chrolophyll Area, which may affect the cycling of carbon, silica and sulphur as demons...

Awarded: NOK 72,960

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard shipping activities in changing conditions: community perspectives

Since the beginning of the century, the shipping activities have increased dramatically in the Barents Sea including the Svalbard Archipelago. Sea ice retreat,changes in the global market and an increasing interest in new tourism industries such as cruise tourism are some of the main drivers of t...

Awarded: NOK 39,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Monitoring of nitrogen oxides from stationary and mobile sources at Svalbard

The combined emissions of air pollutants from snowmobiles may be much higher (almost 100 times) as from cars, e.g. snowmobiles with 2-stroke engines have average fuel consumption of 30 l/100km. Moreover, according to safety instructions snowmobiles should follow one after another forming a column...

Awarded: NOK 58,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

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: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The influence of environmental conditions on algal stoichiometry (RiS 10656)

The stoichiometry of algae is very plastic and is strongly influenced by environmental conditions. The ratios of C:N:P (carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus) determine the algal food quality and affect the transfer of energy within the food web and the structure of the food web itself. Light conditions and...

Awarded: NOK 77,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Impact of Vertical Variability of Aerosol Single-Scattering Properties on Radiative Forcing in Arctic

This project will try to solve two important issues associated with aerosol studies in Arctic both from optical and radiation point of view. The first part of the grant is related to aerosol columnar properties, which might help to retrieve an information about aerosol influence on the radiative ...

Awarded: NOK 72,993

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Zooplankton dynamics in ice free versus ice covered fjords in Svalbard

Studies during winter-spring when many pelagic and benthic invertebrates reproduces in Arctic marine coastal ecosystems are limited due to challenging field work when fjords are frozen. Eggs and larva of benthic invertebrates and zooplankton may temporarily reach several thousand per m-3 water, a...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Flux seasonality, drivers and wind-speed parameterisation of the gas transfer velocity in an Arctic fjord: Sea-air CO2 exchange in Isfjorden

In this study we want to present the first direct (Eddy Covariance method) air-sea CO2 exchange time series from an arctic fjord in Svalbard. Direct continuous measurements of air-sea CO2 exchange are the key to understand how the flux varies in time and space. In addition to land-based flux me...

Awarded: NOK 12,681

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Late winter activity of Micromonas pusilla

The picoeukaryote Micromonas pusilla is a key phototroph in Arctic picoplankton, being one of the earliest to commence growth after the polar night period. In this project qPCR of cDNA (from RNA) will be used to quantify the cell abundances (and population growth) in the transition from polar nig...

Awarded: NOK 44,529

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal variability in glacial meltwater and sea-air CO2 fluxes in Tempelfjorden, Svalbard (RiS ID 10662)

Observations of retreating glaciers point to the need of understanding how glaciers affect the physical and biogeochemical processes that influence the marine carbon cycle. Tempelfjorden is influenced by a tidewater glacier that has undergone dramatic changes recently. This is a unique opportunit...

Awarded: NOK 68,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Snow mechanical properties and risk of avalanche triggering derived from measures of snow penetration resistance (RiS ID 10685)

We use modern snow penetration gauges for the quantification of physical properties of snow relevant for avalanche triggering. Field studies including classical snow measurements are performed around Longyearbyen contributing to the local avalanche forecast. The study involves snow pits, stabilit...

Awarded: NOK 12,049

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard and the Humanities: A Two-Day Workshop in Tromsø

Out of 24 workshops supported by the Svalbard Science Forum in 2008-14 and publicized on the SSF website to promote their recommendations, none is devoted specifically to a humanistic approach to Svalbard. To fill an obvious gap, a two-day workshop, dedicated to Svalbard and the humanities, is p...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2019

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Jellyfish Research in Svalbard (JESS)-Workshop

Gelatinous zooplankton, more commonly jellyfish, has attracted attention during the last decade around the world, mainly as a result of their physiological attributes that allow them to better exploit the changing environmental conditions than many other zooplankton groups. Despite the increased ...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2019

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Plant biomass workshop in Svalbard (SvalbardBiomass)

ArcticBiomass was a Norway-USA network (RCN 227064) project funded by the Research Council of Norway (http://www.nina.no/english/Research/Projects/ArcticBiomass). The main objectives of this project were to establish a joint American-Norwegian research team dealing with research on the combinatio...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Snow Network

Building on previously funded workshops and pilot project, we would like to ensure the legacy of the Svalbard Snow Network through joint research publications (minimum 5). In order to foster and re-enforce international collaboration, three major goals will be addressed during the workshop: 1) sc...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Preparing the NTNU REMUS 100 AUV for Ice Management operations (RiS 10419)

This project aims at preparing the NTNU REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for Arctic Ice Management (IM) operations, and to gather experience and data that can be used for developing mapping algorithms for IM applications. A homing system will be used to allow deployment and recovery of t...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Mapping of Paierlbreen Ice Mélange with UAVs

The overarching goal of this project is to provide fundamental physical insights into the processes affecting the terminus positions of marine-terminating outlet glaciers to address the extent to which ice mélange influences pre- calving processes. The specific primary project objectives are to: ...

Awarded: NOK 68,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Ukjent Fylke