POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram
Spatial and temporal dynamics of biogeochemical cycling in Svalbard snowpacks
Snow covers up to 50% of land during the boreal winter and is an interface that modulates energy and mass exchange between the land, the atmosphere and the cryosphere (e.g., glaciers). Snow and the underlying ice and soil, host complex microbial communities and act as a dynamic multiphase reactor...