Biologists investigate which insects pollinate one of the most widespread plants in the Arctic and gain new insight into the interactions between the organisms of the arctic foodweb.
Melt water ponds are formed when the sea ice start melting in the early summer and they disappear alongside the ice. A Ph.d. project is presently studying what impact these short-lasting ponds have on the global carbon budget.
I have been in Daneborg participating in leg three of this year’s field campaign in the Arctic Science Partnership collaboration to study the microbial communities associated with spring sea ice and melt ponds using next generation DNA sequencing technologies.
Field report from Kobbefjord, examining how the presence of fish affects the food chain in Low Arctic lakes and streams, using stable isotope analysis.
Long-tailed skua recaught at Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland – two years after fitting a light logger to the leg of this arctic migratory bird. The small logger contains detailed information on two trips back and forth from northern Greenland to southern Africa.
By Peter Bondo Christensen
Polar research has a long tradition within the Kingdom of Denmark, and in a newly published report undertaken by the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) a quantitative overview of the current status is presented.
Our Greenlandic colleague, Akaraaq, from the ‘Arctic Station’ in Qeqertarsuaq, guided us to Fortuna Bay, the perfect setting for testing potential effects of kelp forests on O2-concentratons and pH.
It’s 5 a.m. and I’m sitting in Winnipeg Airport, wearing heavy-duty jacket and boots while everyone else is in shorts and sandals! I’m off to Edmonton and then Yellowknife and finally Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
More than 100 researcher from the Arctic Science Partnerhip is currently investigating carbon fluxes across sea ice, snow and sea water in the Arctic.