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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbial biogeography around Svalbard MicroFUN project RiS: 6167 Umbrella project RiS: 6165

We will sample microbial eukaryotes from a diverse array of marine environments around Svalbard. The main sampling will be performed during the planned cruise south and east of Spitsbergen in July 2013 (RIS ID 6165) and during the AB202 field cruise west and north of Svalbard in August 2013. The...

Tildelt: kr 40 099

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Svalbard

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...

Tildelt: kr 77 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

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...

Tildelt: kr 76 999

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

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...

Tildelt: kr 44 529

Prosjektperiode: 2017-2017

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Fjord Integrated CH4 Emissions

The Arctic region is experiencing climate change at a rate four times the global average. As a result, the environment is rapidly changing. The concern is that this could lead to a positive feedback loop in which higher temperatures lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions from Arctic landscape...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

SVALBARD LAGOONS: GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY, AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL ROLE

Global warming is accelerating the retreat of polar glaciers, creating new aquatic ecosystems. In Svalbard, which is particularly vulnerable to warming, post-glacial lagoons have formed in coastal areas where glaciers meet the sea. Around 430 coastal lagoons have been identified in Svalbard, some...

Tildelt: kr 0,49 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Drone-based monitoring of spatio-temporal snowpack characteristics in the high Arctic

Rapid climate change, with increasing winter warm spells and rainfall, has already altered Svalbard’s snowpack properties and is expected to further shorten the snow-covered period. Despite the far-reaching implications on the terrestrial ecosystem, critical knowledge gaps remain across disciplin...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Nestling diet variation in Arctic Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) through DNA-metabarcoding of fecal samples, RiS ID 2272

In my master’s thesis, I aim to elucidate the snow bunting nestling diet variation, both in regard to seasonal variation and between-year differences, based on nestling fecal samples. Comparing the diet composition with arthropod communities found in the field throughout the breeding season will ...

Tildelt: kr 98 999

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

The Seidfjellet Formation: A Window into Miocene Volcanism and Tectonics in NW Spitsbergen (RiS ID 12567)

In the Andrée Land fault block of northwestern Spitsbergen, partly glaciated mountain plateaus reveal remnants of Miocene (i.e., 23.03–5.3 Ma) basaltic lava flows that overlie Devonian sedimentary rocks, collectively referred to as the Seidfjellet Formation. The regional tectonic implication of t...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Geochemistry and geochronology of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province in Nordaust-Svalbard

This field campaign to Nordaust-Svalbard in 2025 will be a vital part of my PhD project. The aim of my PhD is to track the magmatic source of the Early Cretaceous High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP) on Svalbard, temporally and compositionally. Detailed sampling for geochemical and geochron...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

The Effect of Belowground Biota and Soil Properties on Active Layer Depth

Soil ecosystems within the active layer may play a critical role in stabilizing permafrost in the High Arctic, yet its influence remains poorly understood. As climate change accelerates permafrost thaw, the stability of permafrost is increasingly influenced by biological drivers, including roots,...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response of shallow marine prokaryote ecosystems in the Boreal Ocean to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (RiS ID: 12064)

This project aims to reconstruct the microbial community in the shallow Boreal Ocean during the environmental crisis at the Permian/Triassic boundary that coincided with the most severe mass extinction in Earth’s history. By collecting new samples for lipid biomarker analysis at three Permian-Tri...

Tildelt: kr 92 995

Prosjektperiode: 2023-2023

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Digitizing Svalbard: Hopen's Digital Outcrop Model Data Acquisition Campaign and Virtual Field Guide Development for educational research

This project’s data collection campaign will focus on digitizing the outcropping rocks surrounding the island of Hopen. I plan to visit the island in the summer field season of 2023. The field assistant and I will embark on a coast guard vessel in Tromsø between Mid-June to Mid-July, heading to H...

Tildelt: kr 99 999

Prosjektperiode: 2023-2024

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Geomorphology and process-interaction in previous and present climate as exemplified by Bjørndalen, Svalbard (RiS 12312)

This M.Sc. thesis project has a primary objective of mapping the geomorphology of Bjørndalen, Svalbard, to contribute to our understanding of this unique Arctic valley system. The research aims to characterize the long-term and short-term geomorphologic processes shaping the valley and analyze ho...

Tildelt: kr 52 672

Prosjektperiode: 2024-2024

Sted: 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...

Tildelt: kr 66 415

Prosjektperiode: 2020-2024

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Sedimentary facies analysis and architecture of alluvial fan systems within a rift basin, Billefjorden Trough, Svalbard, RiS ID 11611

The two main targets of the fieldwork are outcrops exposing alluvial fan deposits at the slopes of the Svenbrehøgda and the Mumien mountains. The focus will be given to a detailed structural and stratigraphical description and acquisition of 3D photogrammetry. The dataset collected in the field w...

Tildelt: kr 35 524

Prosjektperiode: 2022-2022

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Drone-mapping Surging Glaciers in Svalbard, RIS-ID 11861

Surging glaciers are of great interest as their behavior gives insights into glacier dynamic processes. Svalbard is one of the few clusters in the world where surging glaciers exist. Recently, two glacier systems that are easily accessible from Longyearbyen started surging. This project will use ...

Tildelt: kr 50 000

Prosjektperiode: 2022-2022

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Valley sea breeze in Adventdalen, RIS ID 11839

Renewable energy research is a developing field in the Arctic and especially at UNIS. The environmental and meteorological conditions are different from lower latitudes. In my PhD, I investigate meteorological phenomena which are relevant to renewable energy. One aspect of this are local wind cir...

Tildelt: kr 58 000

Prosjektperiode: 2022-2022

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Early Diagenesis in coarse-grained siliciclastics capped by evaporites in Svalbard and East Greenland: Implications for Reservoir Potential.

This study aims to compare the local variations of early diagenesis of coarse-grained conglomerates overlain by gypsum evaporites using petrographic analysis, to examine whether there is a pattern in the diagenetic processes in this type of stratigraphic setting. The objective is to collect con...

Tildelt: kr 89 999

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Architecture and tectonostratigraphic development of the Late Carboniferous paleokarst systems, Billefjorden Trough, Svalbard

The extensive paleokarst systems within the Billefjorden Trough are preserved as horizontal stratiform breccias and vertical breccia pipes developed along uplifted fault blocks. The carbonate breccias occur in the late syn-rift and early post-rift deposits, particularly within the Minkinfjellet F...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Response of the microfossil community to the Permo-Triassic climate crisis (RiS ID 12072)

The Permo-Triassic climate crisis caused the most catastrophic extinction of marine life, with an estimated species loss of 81-95% [1]. Several environmental changes have been hypothesised as extinction drivers, but their direct role in extinction is heavily debated, and the link to the fossil re...

Tildelt: kr 99 999

Prosjektperiode: 2023-2023

Sted: Svalbard

GLOBALBÆREKRAFT-Forskning for global bærekraft

JSPS stipend Yoshiko Ohashi

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Tildelt: kr 0,33 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2024-2024

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Dispersal of Svalbard reindeer in a changing climate

Rapid climate change in Svalbard has already resulted in sea-ice loss, increased frequencies of rain-on-snow events, and icing of vegetation. The loss of sea ice reduces dispersal options while wintering herbivores are increasingly subject to potentially dispersal-triggering changes on land. Henc...

Tildelt: kr 90 999

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Deploying GLOB, a novel multiface solar irradiance instrument next to the irradiance instrument park in Ny-Ålesund

This project involves deploying the GLOB system in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, to validate its ability to measure solar radiation, including both beam and diffuse irradiance, in Arctic conditions. GLOB is a unique, stand-alone instrument consisting of 25 pyranometers that capture solar irradiance acros...

Tildelt: kr 71 999

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Isfjord Radio Sky-Camera for solar energy forecasting

Following a switch from coal to diesel in 2023, Longyearbyen is now working to implement a hybrid system using diesel, batteries, solar, and eventually wind. The project faces challenges from unpredictable Arctic weather, particularly clouds, which affect solar energy production. This project aim...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Svalbard’s lost biodiversity? Molecular study of the poorly known critters living inside sea ice

Sea ice is soon to become a lost habitat in Svalbard fjords within one or two decades, as the continued rise in winter temperatures may result in the complete absence of sea ice or its formation only during short periods.While sea ice’s importance to polar bears and seals is well-known, it also s...

Tildelt: kr 45 999

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Measuring and Collecting Above-Ground Vegetation to Investigate Insulative Properties (RiS ID 12331)

Permafrost thaw could release significant greenhouse gases, making it crucial to understand factors that influence this process. Vegetation impacts permafrost temperatures, but we lack a clear framework for how specific plant traits regulate their insulative capacity. This project, part of INSULA...

Tildelt: kr 92 999

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Structural evolution of the Billefjorden Fault

Billefjorden Fault Zone (BFZ) in Spitsbergen is a north-south striking long-lived lineament that can be traced in the outcrops over 100 km distance (Harland et al., 1974; Haremo et al. 1990; Braathen et al., 2012; Bælum et al., 2012; Smyrak-Sikora et al., 2021). Multiple deformation events have s...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

Dark Veins of Spitsbergen: Interplay Between Ancient Vegetation and Coastal Geomorphology Exposed in the High Arctic Mines of LYB, Svalbard.

The study focuses on how coastal environments control or are controlled by vegetation distribution; collectively, these are particularly sensitive to climate change, with the geomorphology and position of the shoreline being closely linked with local hydrology and associated vegetation distributi...

Tildelt: kr 85 999

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

SVALBARDSF-SVALBARDSF

The structural evolution of pre-Devonian basement along the Billefjorden Fault Zone in Petuniabukta, Svalbard

The Billefjorden Fault Zone (BFZ) is a N-S striking regional-scale long-lived lineament cropping out in central Spitsbergen. This lineament exposes multi-deformational evolution that initiated with ductile deformation preserved in the metamorphic basement. Following several phases of brittle def...

Tildelt: kr 0,12 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2025-2025

Sted: Svalbard

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