SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Cooperation on Arctic bivalves

The Arctic has recently become a centre of attention with increasing human activities and warming of the climate affecting the marine ecosystem. As Arctic sea ice extent has decreased due to warming temperatures, shipping has increased along the Siberian shelf, and boreal species have extended t...

Tildelt: kr 0,17 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2015

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Surface velocity and calving flux of Kronebreen RiS ID 6183

Kronebreen is among the 10 largest contributors to the total calving flux of the Svalbard archipelago. To estimate the calving flux detailed knowledge on the glacier velocity is needed which can be provided by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imag es. For the validation of those velocity ...

Tildelt: kr 65 197

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Acoustic methods in detection and analyzing of calving events at the Hans Glacier front, RiS ID: 6133

My project is based on the hypothesis that characteristics of the acoustic signals recorded in the Arctic fjord provide valuable information about the dynamics of surrounding tidewater glaciers. In the summer of 2013, during a 3-months experiment, two aut onomous, hydroacoustic buoys will be depl...

Tildelt: kr 46 874

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2014

Sted: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Adult sex ratio variation of Svalbard reindeer in relation to animal density and climate, RIS ID: 6169.

In this study I will estimate adult sex ratio in Svalbard reindeer and examine to what degree the variation can be explained by environmental conditions, i.e. weather and food availability. To obtain this, I will analyze spatiotemporal variation in sex ra tios from long-term monitoring data of mu...

Tildelt: kr 39 999

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2015

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Abrupt Holocene cooling episodes in Svalbard. A collaborative pilot study.

The Arctic has warmed twice as rapidly as the rest of the Earth over the past century, and the North Atlantic sector of the Arctic is particularly sensitive to changes in the planetary energy balance and accompanying circulation changes. Glaciers and ice caps are now receding rapidly, and in opt...

Tildelt: kr 0,40 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2013-2015

Sted: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Shifting Climate States of the Polar Regions - coring campaign at Svalbard

This cross-disciplinary proposal will collect and produce data on glacier variability throughout the last 10 000 years, a research effort that will be carried out at Svalbard. Alpine glaciers represent natural systems that are particular sensitive to clim ate change and the sites chosen for this ...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2015

Sted: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Passive monitoring of endangered species in Svalbard: Distribution & relative abundance of Red Listed whales in a time of climate change

Sea ice in the Arctic has declined in recent decades at an unprecedented rate and continued sea ice declines are expected to produce a seasonally ice-free Arctic well before the end of this century. This would be a first for the Arctic in over 5+ M years. A summer-time ice-free Arctic Ocean will...

Tildelt: kr 0,30 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2015

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Past, current and future research on kittiwakes in Kongsfjorden: The opportunity of an international integration (Workshop Feb/Mar 2013)

Observations and experiments in wild seabirds have greatly progressed our understanding on how individuals and populations cope with environmental variability and change. The annual research in Kongsfjorden that we have carried out during most of the past 20 years has been an important contribut...

Tildelt: kr 0,20 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2012-2014

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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