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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Deposition History of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in a Svalbard Ice Core (RiS ID 11121)

This project aims to produce a long-term record of the historical deposition of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Svalbard. PFAS are a toxic anthropogenic organic contaminant and have been identified by the Arctic Monitoring Assessment Programme (AMAP) as one of the major chemicals of emerging ...

Tildelt: kr 46 999

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2019

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of distributed snow and firn cover evolution on glacier surface mass change., RIS ID 11152

The glaciers of Svalbard are undergoing profound change due to climate forcing. Precipitation and temperature changes are leading to changes in the timing and duration of the melt period, the type of ice undergoing accumulation (firn versus frozen liquid precipitation or snowmelt) and the overall...

Tildelt: kr 74 999

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2019

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Herbivores in Svalbard: Monitoring Food Access in a Changing Climate (RiS-ID: 11144)

This project identifies ice and snow phenology as important determinants of seasonal vegetation access to herbivores, and centers around the question: to what degree can existing near remote sensing efforts robustly monitor herbivore food access in the high arctic during pre and early green-up? ...

Tildelt: kr 64 030

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2020

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Snow Network (SnowNet) - consolidating and expanding the network for future actions

SnowNet was initially developed to respond to the need for increasing cooperation among international snow researchers and to highlight the role of snow in the Svalbard environment and its connection to other Flagship programs. This interdisciplinary research network, including classic discipline...

Tildelt: kr 0,42 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2023

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALBARD ROCK VAULT: From vision towards reality: a pilot project for 2019-2020

The Svalbard Rockvault project is an initiative to archive and protect unique geological material acquired on Svalbard primarily through drilling activity, but also by geological sampling and geophysical acquisition campaigns. National institutions around the globe are in charge of saf...

Tildelt: kr 0,44 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2022

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Sustainable Svalbard Coasts

Nearshore waters are among the most productive regions in the Arctic and the coastal zone has always been the preferred ecotype for humans in the area. De-icing and continued warming will allow colonization of the intertidal zone by Arctic and boreal flora and fauna. Disappearance of coastal sea ...

Tildelt: kr 0,31 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2021

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Kongsfjorden System Flagship Program - Creating a network for further enhancement of marine related research and monitoring in Ny-Ålesund

The Kongsfjord Flagship Program (KFP) is one of the four Ny-Ålesund flagship programs and coordinates marine research in and around Kongsfjorden and Ny-Ålesund. As marine research activities have increased lately both in scope and magnitude, and many of these activities are campaign or project ba...

Tildelt: kr 0,50 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2023

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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Climate system couplings to shipping policy and investments in Svalbard and the High Arctic

This project catalyzes a new trans-Atlantic initiative building on existing expertise between the Ny-Ålesund Flagship Program on Atmosphere Research and projects on sea ice and shipping at Longyearbyen (UNIS), and interdisciplinary research funded through the United States National Science Founda...

Tildelt: kr 91 195

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2022

Sted: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Cooperation in remote sensing of calving glaciers, Hornsund and Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

In 2015 and 2016, as part of the SSF projects nr. 246729 (Terrestrial radar interferometry for monitoring tidewater glaciers in Ny-Ålesund and Hornsund) and nr. 257646 (the CalvingSEIS experiment), partners from Norut, Centre for Polar Studies of the University of Silesia, Polish Academy of Scien...

Tildelt: kr 0,36 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2019-2020

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Permafrost, Rock, Ice and Snow Monitoring in the Austre Loven glacier basin (PRISM) RIS-6815

In a global change perspective, high latitude regions happen to be an important observatory where current dynamics are observed. Studying slopes in polar environments is the main focus of the PRISM project. This project specifically aims at understanding, monitoring, and modeling the spatial dime...

Tildelt: kr 59 312

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SOIL-WATER influence on Trace Elements and Organic Matter in River Water in Arctic (RIS-ID: 10962)

This master project has the objective to study soil-water influence on the trace elements and natural organic matter in Bayelva river in the Ny-Ålesund Svalbard. This to better understand and explain the fate of possible accumulated trace metals in the organic soil layer as well as influence of t...

Tildelt: kr 19 299

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Richarddalen Complex: a part of the Southwestern Svalbard's Province in the northwest? (RiS ID:10910)

We are planning to collect a comprehensive suite of high-pressure lithologies for petrological and geochronological studies. The additional target will be shear zones, where detailed field observations, structural measurements and sampling of the mylonites will be performed. The multi-technique U...

Tildelt: kr 64 866

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Combining DNA metabarcoding and movement data to investigate seasonal variations in Svalbard reindeer diet

Rapid changes in the distribution and accessibility of food resources due to climate warming threatens the viability of arctic species in Svalbard ecosystem. In such conditions, the capacity to optimize feeding choice in space and time is essential for ensure survival and reproductive success. In...

Tildelt: kr 31 543

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Workshop: Geese impact on aquatic ecosystems in a warming arctic (GIWA)

The High Arctic, including the Svalbard archipelago in the North Atlantic, has been exposed to a dramatic climate change. In addition to the direct and indirect drivers of climatic change that include rising temperatures and associated changes in hydrology and nutrient flux , there is also an gro...

Tildelt: kr 0,10 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Effect of Microclimatic factors on Seed Production in Silene Acaulis, RiS ID 8735

This study will investigate the effect of morphology-induced microclimate on reproductive success in the cushion plant Silene acaulis in Svalbard. The study will use two different methodologies to achieve this goal: camera monitoring of flowering throughout the growth season and microsattelites t...

Tildelt: kr 18 999

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2018

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Bacterial communities in the cryosphere. Controls and connectivity on glaciers and sea ice RIS 10889

The aim of this project is to elucidate bacterial community structure and the forces that shape succession and diversity patterns within a Svalbard fjord (Billefjorden), influenced by sea ice and glacial meltwater inflow. Data collection in April and July will include 16sRNA sequencing, CARDFish ...

Tildelt: kr 60 730

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Ny-Ålesund Atmosphere Flagship Program: Further development and strengthening of the collaboration

The main goal of the Ny-Ålesund Atmosphere Flagship Program is to increase coordination and collaboration within atmosphere research in Ny-Ålesund and beyond, and to stimulate joint activities, all the above to increase research quality and minimize the environmental footprint. This proposal aim ...

Tildelt: kr 0,31 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2020

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The Terrestrial Ecology Flagship in Ny-Ålesund: reinforcement and further development - activities for 2018-2019.

The Ny-Ålesund Terrestrial Ecology Flagship program is one of the four NySMAC flagship programs and aimed at coordinating and integrating research activities on tundra, lake and soil ecosystems in Ny-Ålesund. This proposal will reinforce the Terrestrial Ecology Flagship by establishing a core tea...

Tildelt: kr 0,28 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2020

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Geochemical analysis of overbank sediments in Adventdalen and Ny-Ålesund

Sampling and analysis of overbank sediments is an efficient method for regional geochemical mapping, either for environmental studies or for prospecting of mineral resources. Ottesen et al, has previously used this method at Svalbard for a regional survey of a limited number of inorganic elements...

Tildelt: kr 9 397

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Spatial Distributions of Black Carbon and Mineral Dust in Air and Snow Surface Layers upon Svalbard Glaciers

In this project we aim at evaluating the distribution of Black Carbon (BC) and Mineral Dust (MD) in the atmospheric boundary layer over the snow surface and in the surface snow layers over targeted Svalbard glaciers and to identify the air-snow deposition mechanisms with particular attention to ...

Tildelt: kr 0,50 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2023

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Strengthening cooperation on air pollution research in Svalbard

Air pollution research combines knowledge and methods intrinsic to atmospheric physics and chemistry. There are some examples of cooperation within the air pollution studies related to investigation of events of long-range transport of pollution to Svalbard. In contrast, there are no joint projec...

Tildelt: kr 0,50 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2020

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALHOLA - Svalbard Holocene Assembly on Glaciers and Climate

Studying past shifts in high latitude glaciers and climate through the current interglacial (the Holocene, covering the last c. 12000 years) allows us to better understand the role of the Arctic in the global climate system and to more effectively predict antecedent climate scenarios. Due to Sval...

Tildelt: kr 0,23 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2020

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Kongsvegen: INitiation of a Glacier Surge (KINGSurge)

Kongsvegen is a surge-type glacier in Svalbard that last surged in 1948. Ongoing GPS measurements have indicated that the glacier has started to accelerate, and another surge may be imminent. The early detection of an incipient surge is exceptionally rare, and we have a short window of opportunit...

Tildelt: kr 0,50 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2020

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of coastal permafrost thawing on biogeochemistry and pollutants of the sea water

We hypothesise that thawing of permafrost can be an important source for certain chemical parameters at least in the coastal Arctic areas. Our approach for testing our hypothesis is to conduct a laboratory experiment to study changes in the content of chemical parameters in the seawater when perm...

Tildelt: kr 0,32 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2020

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Uptake and effects of microplastics in Arctic bottom dwelling marine invertebrates

This research aims to determine and quantify uptake and effects of different types of microplastics in key sediment dwelling invertebrates inhabiting the coastal seas of Svalbard. Investigations will involve longer term experimental exposures,which simulate different scenarios. The scenatios will...

Tildelt: kr 43 999

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2018

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Changes of glacier facies in the Hornsund area over the last decade, RiS-ID 10917

The aim of the project is to collect in situ data necessary for validation of remote sensing analysis of glacier facies detection. Based on the results of the project and archive data of the University of Silesia - Centre for Polar Studies it will be possible to study changes of glacier facies ov...

Tildelt: kr 36 903

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Oslo

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Depositional and structural characterization of a paleokarst system in the Upper Paleozoic Gipsdalen Group at Fortet, Svalbard, RiS ID 10929

As part of my Master thesis I plan to accomplish a ground-penetrating radar survey, 3D photogrammetry, acquisition of structural data and an event stratigraphic log at Fortet in order to get an understanding of the interplay between structural geology of the host rock, cave geometries and configu...

Tildelt: kr 54 750

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

COLLECTION OF STRUCTURAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA AT SARSØYRA

The proposed fieldwork aims at a detailed assessment of outcrops located in northern Sarsøyra to better constrain the tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Forlandsundet Basin. The fieldwork will focus on a beach section and a hitherto undescribed basin-bounding fault zone. It will include:...

Tildelt: kr 51 644

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

FrostInSAR Field 2018: Investigation of permafrost and periglacial landforms in Adventdalen/Endalen and Kapp Linné (RiS ID 10894)

FrostInSAR is a 4-years PhD project funded by The Research Council of Norway that aims to upscale the investigation of periglacial landscape dynamics using satellite remote sensing. This application to Arctic Field Grant includes field activities in Svalbard in summer 2018 within the framework of...

Tildelt: kr 31 999

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2018

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of wastewater on the bacterioplankton community and its characteristics in Adventfjorden, Svalbard, RIS-ID: 10924

I plan to conduct the sampling of the water and sediments from wastewater related and non-related sampling sites in Longyearbyen and Adventfjorden. Two fieldwork campaigns will take place: in low (March/April) and high (July/August) tourist season. I will perform in situ physicochemical analyses,...

Tildelt: kr 70 576

Prosjektperiode: 2018-2019

Sted: Svalbard

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