Aiming to understand the processes controlling the greenhouse gases, major research efforts have been launched with Nuuk as focus area. The sea, sea-ice and land as well as its vegetation absorb and release greenhouse gases. Interaction between these mechanisms and the atmosphere has an impact on the climate; an interaction that ought to be in balance, but global warming has clearly indicated that it is not. Based on this theory and in order to research the processes controlling the balance, the Arctic Science Partnership – a Greenlandic, Danish and Canadian research collaboration – in 2013 launched a huge research effort with focus on the Nuuk area.

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