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Plumber in the world’s largest national park

05.08.2014
Mastering of details is necessary to describe an entire arctic ecosystem, including the amount of carbon flowing with the rivers to the nearby fjord and the number of greenhouse gases exchanged between soil and atmosphere.

Ice conditions detected by satellites

05.08.2014

During my time at the Daneborg research station, I conducted a geophysical characterization of the snow and sea ice as a tool for validating both optical and microwave satellite sensors.

When Avens bloom

27.07.2014

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.

Life in a melt water pond

23.07.2014

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.

Major research effort on carbon fluxes across the sea ice

20.07.2014

More than 100 researcher from the Arctic Science Partnerhip is currently investigating carbon fluxes across sea ice, snow and sea water in the Arctic.

Microbial communities in sea ice

15.07.2014

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.

Polarstern helicopter mission

15.07.2014
Video from Polarstern fieldwork

Top down control in Low Arctic lakes and streams

15.07.2014
Field report from Kobbefjord, examining how the presence of fish affects the food chain in Low Arctic lakes and streams, using stable isotope analysis.

Round-trip South Africa Northeast Greenland – a busy flier reveals its travel route

14.07.2014
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 in the Kingdom of Denmark 2013. A mapping survey

06.07.2014

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.

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