Akuersissutip normua

Eqimattap atia aamma atorfeqarfik

Misissukkap suuneranik nassuiaat 

Sumiiffik

G23-001

Freelance Photo journalist

One sample of as many fish species as we can catch or get from others, to photograph.

Ilullisat, Sismiut, Nuukfjorden, Narsaq

G23-003

Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

These studies include the identification of spatial and temporal developments in the function of selected pelagic and benthic communities.

Along a bathymetric transect off North-East Greenland

G23-004

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Marine and Polar Research

Assess the diversity of Arctic diatom microbiomes at the single-cell level across different spatial and temporal scales throughout the spring bloom in coastal waters.

South-east Greenland

G23-005

Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research

Record the microbial communities thriving at hydrothermal vents, to understand how abiotic processes at seafloor vents in the Arctic might generate prebiotic organic molecules as potential habitats for life that might also exist on other ocean worlds

Aurora Vent field,

Gakkel Ridge, Western Volcanic Zone and 3°E boundary Gakkel Ridge

G23-006

Aalborg University

Identify thermal tolerances and physiological adaptations to thermal stress of plants, bacteria and arthropods in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments.

Narsarsuaq, Qassiarsuk

G23-007

University of Bremen – Marine Botany

Assess the physiological performance of A. clathratum, responding to different future scenarios. Then compare its performance to the cold-temperate kelp Saccharina latissima to be able to draw conclusions about future shifts of the kelp forest structure.

Nuuk, Nuup Kangerlua

G23-008

University of Innsbruck, Department of Microbiology & Digital Science Center

Investigate microorganisms in select lakes around Kangerlussuaq. Through genetic analyses, with the aim to understand microbial community dynamics, and how organisms have adapted both to their specific lake environments as well as extreme conditions experienced in the arctic.

Lille Saltsø, Store Saltsø, Lake Brayasø, Lake Brayasø surroundings, Lake Brayasø to Sisimiut, Lake Brayasø to Point 660, Leverett Spring

G23-009

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

This project aim is to sample phytoplankton, zooplankton and ichthyoplankton (fish larvae) in Sermilik Fjord and surrounding coastal waters. The main objectives are: 1) to assess the composition, distribution and abundance of phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish larvae in the study area and 2) to understand the physical and biological drivers behind these patterns

Sermilik Fjord, and surrounding coastal waters

G23-011

University of Florida

Herbarium vouchers of plants will be collected to verify field identifications, Samples of bulk water will also be collected and returned CONUS for cell enumeration by microscopy and enrichment culturing.

Sisimiut, Lake Helen, Glacier.

G23-012

Pinngortitaleriffik

Study the biology and distribution of polar cod in Uummannaq and Vaigat Fjords. Additional objectives are to determine the role of polar cod in ringed seals’ diet, to compare ringed seals diet in Uummannaq Fjord and other regions and to link ringed seals diet with condition of the animals.

Uummannaq and Vaigat Fjords

G23-013

Pinngortitaleriffik

The project aim is to sample zooplankton and ichthyoplankton (fish larvae). The main objectives are to assess the composition, distribution and abundance of zooplankton and fish larvae in the study area and to understand the physical and biological drivers behind these patterns.

Scoresby Sound

G23-014

Pinngortitaleriffik

The objective is to study the role and distribution of polar cod in Scoresby Sound by analyzing ringed seals’ diet. Additional objectives are comparing ringed seals diet in Scoresby Sound and other regions and linking ringed seals diet with condition of the animals.

Scoresby Sound

G23-015

Biodiversity Research Institute, Spanish National Research Council

The study will form part of a larger project which aims to evaluate if community assembly processes and trophic network structures vary predictably along an Arctic latitude gradient.

East Greenland coast south of the Kangertittivaq fjord (Scorseby sund, East Greenland coast north of the Kangertittivaq fjord

G23-016

Aarhus Universitet, Arktisk Forskningscenter

Study Blue mussel species around Nuuk and the effect of freshwater

Nuup Kangerlua, Ameralik fjord, Kobbefjord fjord

G23-017

University of Fribourg

Conservation, biogeography and genetics of arctic-alpine plants

Ilulissat, Hochstetter Forland, Mestersvig

G23-018

Ilisimatusarfik

Genetic samples will include all genetic material found on the foods including prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA. Genetic material will be sequenced non-selectively and genetic data will include a representative sample of genomes from all microbes present on the sample and potentially part of the animal’s genome

Nuuk, Ilulissat/Disko Bay Area/Oqaatsut, Qaanaaq area

G23-019

Ghent University

The CANOE project consortium will make use of the new RV Belgica’s advanced facilities to investigate how climate

change will affect the carbon dynamics (production, mineralisation, transfer in food web and burial) in Arctic marine ecosystems.

Ikersuaq Fjord, Shelf, Igaliku Fjord

G23-020

University of Colorado

The purpose of the expedition is describing the northernmost life and conditions on the planet for scientific and science communication purposes and as an important long-term reference point.

Kaffeklubben Ø

G23-021

Aarhus University

The aim of the project is to secure annual tissue samples from a number of arctic animals in order to allow for examinations of biodiversity, population dynamics, diets and other scientific questions.

The Zackenberg region

G23-022

University of Minnesota

The naled ice and outflow of Isunnguata Sermia and Leverett Glacier will be sampled over three years. These

West Greenland outlets differ by more than an order of magnitude in the size of the catchments they drain,

thereby testing the effect of scale on biogeochemistry.

Leverett Glacier, Isunnguata Sermia

G23-023

Grønlands Naturinstitut

Investigate how catchment areas have an impact on water chemistry in the shallow Arctic streams in Kobberfjorden. This will be done by examining snow cover, moss vegetation cover and NDVI in the catchment.

Kobbefjord

G23-024

Grønlands Naturinstitut

The aim is to investigate the competitive relationship between waterstar and centipede. Additional shorts of waterstar and centipede are collected for measurements of light and temperature response in the laboratory.

Kobbefjord

G23-025

Aarhus Universitet

Blue mussel species around Nuuk and the effect of freshwater

Kobbefjord

G23-026

University of Glasgow

Rates and mechanisms of carbon remineralisation in fjordic sediments

Nuup Kangerlua fjord, Ameralik Fjord and Fyllas Banke

G23-027

Dartmouth College

examine Greenland ecosystems and their response to climate change

Kangerlussuaq, Sisimiut

G23-028

GREA & Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté

Knowing more about the precise ecological mechanisms behind the functional disturbances that are already obvious in this region will allow us to better understand and forecast the future threats faced by biodiversity in Greenland and in other regions in the world.

Hochstetter Forland, Karupelv Valley

G23-029

Aarhus Universitet, Arktisk Forskningscenter

Taking 400 samples of insects, species, Determination to be tested in Denmark

Ella Ø area

G23-030

Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck

As part of the climate research, it is important for us to understand the modern stable isotope and trace element composition of local water and ice bodies. Therefore, up to 50x 2ml and 50ml samples from lakes, rivers, ponds, cave drips, snowpacks, glaciers and precipitation is collected.

Transect across North Greenland

G23-031

N/A

The goal is to contribute the majority of these samples for disease surveillance research purposes by four VEO project partner institutions.

Maniitsoq area

G23-032

Duke University

his study aims to characterize the main drivers of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and how they respond to environmental forcings to better refine current climate models that forecast how climate change will affect Arctic ecosystems

East-Greenland

G23-033

High Arctic Institute

Survey the coastline and inland cliffs for Peregrine Falcons and Gyrfalcons. At occupied cliffs, determine if falcons are breeding and if yes, emphasis will be placed on installing nest cameras (see below) when possible.

Kangerlussuaq area

G23-034

University of Maine

collect lake sediment cores to reconstruct lake water level over time using empty diatom fossils to understand climate-driven changes in water quantity.

Qassiarsuk, South Greenland, Near Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland

G23-035

Aarhus Universitet

Interested to determine how the organic compounds change as they volatilize (or move from water to atmosphere).

Disko Bay

G23-036

Aarhus Universitet

The collection of vegetation are especially linked to the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring programmes for marine vegetation in Nuuk and Disko Bay, which follows the development of vegetation in order to document any changes, e.g. in realtion to climate change, where vegetation is collected in the coastal zone to determine distribution and species composition, growth, carbon and nutrient content, etc.

Kobbefjord/Godthå bsfjord, Nuuk, Godhavn, Disko

G23-037

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zürich)

The objective of the study is to assess biodiversity in the Arctic Ocean in a context of climate change, based on environmental DNA. The eDNA method will allow to detect which fish/eukaryotes species are presents and at which spatial location and if some species are experiencing range shifts.

Greenland Sea, North Atlantic Ocean

G23-038

Université Savoie Mont Blanc

The objectives of the projects areto control birds that have been ringed in previous years at the same location (since 2003, but since 2018 with the same protocols and objectives), to ring an additional maximum of 30 adult ivory gulls with coded (yellow/2letters) color rings+ ”Zool Museum Copenhagen” metal ring and 30 juveniles ivory gulls to assess their contamination load (e.g., Hg) and to monitor max. 10 of these birds with small (<10g) GPS transmitters to document their regional movements during the breeding season (that is, between colonies and feeding grounds).

Station Nord

G23-039

Université Savoie Mont Blanc

The goal is to measure the genetic structure of Arctic charr in north-east Greenland and describe the phenotypic diversity in the different populations

Karupelv Valley, Traill Ø, Hochstetter Foreland, Station Nord,

G23-040

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle / UMR 8067 BOREA

provide a new dataset of benthic species and their relative abundance along the transect and assess the potential evolution after 25 years but also to investigate carbon and organic matter pathways through the benthic food web with decreasing depth by using δ13C and δ15N stable isotope signatures and fatty acid profiles from benthic organisms and organic matter sources.

Young Sound fjord (NE Greenland), Kap Breusing

G23-041

Laboratoire de physiologie cellulaire et végétale / Plant and cell physiology laboratory / CNRS

In the context of snowpack and glaciers melting, we do not know how the melting process affects the microbial biodiversity, during this period of accelerated changes, and in models of biodiversity evolution in the longer terms. The objective is to characterize the microalgal population developing in the melting snow, usually containing Sanguina nivaloides as a major species, but possibly associated with other species, such as Ancylonema sp., developing at the surface of glaciers, and still to be identified species from the soil and fresh water.

Scoresby Sund, Ittoqqortoormiit area

G23-042

Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Global climate change is expected to have a great impact on the Greenlandic flora and fauna. With the planned collecting, we wish to document the Greenlandic diversity for the five selected organism groups, while the species compositions are still relatively undisturbed. The documentation will set a baseline, which will enable us to record the expected changes over the years to come.

Imerisoq, Qeqertarsuaq south coast, Qeqertarsuaq, western fjords: Kangerluk, Akuliit, Kangersooq, Qeqertarsuaq near Arctic Station: Akuarut and Innarsuaq

G23-043

Eawag Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

The study will have important implications for the understanding, appreciation and preservation of fish biodiversity in Greenland freshwaters. The analyses of our collected material from previous years have shown that these systems are unique in the world in regard to the amount of diversity evolved since the last glaciation.

Erik the Red’s Land

G23-044

The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

The aim is to comprehensively survey plant composition plots on Qeqertarsuaq Island, Greenland in order to, understand current patterns and future trends of bryophyte and lichen diversity following climate change and shrubification through point-frame surveys in a space-for-time approach, and characterize the relationship between bryophyte and lichen cover, and wider community composition and functional diversity using hyperspectral signatures collected in situ. This characterization of tundra landscapes across scales will provide a baseline for future studies monitoring tundra compositional change.

~4 km northeast of Qeqertarsuaq town, Qeqertarsuaq Island; Greenland

G23-045

Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga

This material will be collected as part of a study exploring how levels of microbial functional redundancy vary across a northern latitudinal gradient. As such, the objective of this study is to characterize the amount of functional redundancy present in northern tidepool/nearshore communities, to explore how susceptible these ecosystems are to ongoing global warming

Kangerlussuaq, Sisimut, Ilulissat/Disko Bay

G23-046

University of Copenhagen

Explore the diversity of marine microalgae, particularly dinoflagellates, and look at their morphology and explore phylogenetic relationships.

Off Qeqertarsuaq

G23-047

Jagiellonian University

The study’s aim is to Understand species distribution and overlap among sites, Contribute to the understanding of how genetic diversity is distributed spatially, Expand the collection of molecular barcodes for different species, allowing more efficient biodiversity monitoring over time, Understand the diversity, distribution, transmission, and roles of microbial symbionts within species and multispecies comunities. Together, these data will contribute several important and new pieces of knowledge concerning the dynamics of insect species and communities during climate change and potential role of microbial symbionts in insect response and adaptation to climate change.

Zackenberg, Nerleit Inaat, Narsarsuaq, Qassiarsuuk, Igaliku

G23-048

Aarhus University

The aim is to provide reliable data on the effects of INpro on cloud formation as a foundation to understand more accurately the current climate and predict future climate in the Arctic. To achieve this, intense long-term sampling campaigns in the Arctic are needed, and the long-term sampling campaign we apply for is thus designed to provide such data

Disko Island and Disko Bay

G23-049

Aarhus Universitet

Collection of Insects and water

Ella Ø area

G23-050

Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen

As part of an ongoing monitoring program, river water and soil water are collected near Arctic Station. To study total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea. River water is collected from Røde Elv during the runoff season. Samples are filtered at the station, and filters with sediment + subsamples of water are sent to University of Copenhagen for further analysis.

Østerlien near Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, River Røde Elv near Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq

Objective: Identify the presence of microbial methane production in oxic wetland environments around Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq. Lakes, fjord, fen, river, and brackish waters will be targeted. 

 Rui Seabra, CIBIO. Portugal

 Surveying of biodiversity with the collection of photo-quadrats and samples for DNA barcoding

 Follow the flow of carbon from source to sink in East Greenland, by sampling sediment cores along a gradient from fjord end to the shelf sea. Determining if glacier meltwater outflow are supersaturated in methane and where this affect the marine water column

This field season, we will examine both plant-pollinator interactions and the seasonal occurrence (phenological patterns) of plants and pollinators at given field sites

ln this project we aim to create a culture collection of cold adapted bacteria to determine the genetic diversity of certain genes involved in the production of water as a metabolic by-product (superoxide dismutase, catalase and Ni-Fe hydrogenases). 

Study the biology, chemistry and physics of sea ice and the impact of sea ice loss on the entire ocean system. Investigate interactions between hydrography, ice physics, biogeochemistry and biodiversity in the Arctic ocean system from the sea ice to the seafloor. 

Loic Pellissier, Dep. Of Enviromental Systems Science. Zurich, Switzerland

The overall aim of the Swiss research program ‘GreenFjord’ is to create process understanding of how climate change affects fjord ecosystems, and how this propagates to biodiversity and livelihoods. 

Narsarsuaq. Narsaq. Igaliku.

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL 

The basic understanding of cold microbiota in glacier ice, lakes, soils and plastisphere in particular of tee higher Alps. We want to know how they can survive in hostile environments such as glacier ice, lakes, soils and plastics. 

G23-059

We intend to collect samples in different locations on the ice sheet to make links between the darkening of the ice with local conditions

Region around Qaanaaq

This application encompasses five projects with these objectives: 
Project 1: To understand nitrogen uptake in various tundra plant species during wintertime (Laura Rasmussen) Project 2: To determine concentrations of nutrient and toxic elements in SE Greenland rivers (David Janssen) Project 3: To obtain baseline data on water chemistry and microbial diversity in geothermal spring sites in SE and S Greenland (Michael Kühl) 
Project 4: To unravel the diversity of soil bacteria and fungi in SE and S Greenland and how this links to emission of CO2 and CH4 from soil. (Anders Priemé) 
Project 5: To study the root microbiome of willows in SE and S Greenland (Anders Priemé)

G23-061

The overall aim of this project is to determine how climate induced changes in cryospheric and hydrological processes will influence hydrochemistry and greenhouse gas concentration with focus on nitrogen cycling, in High-Artic streams in NE Greenland

 This application encompasses two projects with these objectives: Project 1: To study the effects of simulated climate change on the activity of Arctic soil microorganisms. Project 
2: To study the root microbiome of willows in W Greenland.

Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL 

Briefly, we plan to repeat historical plant surveys that were done originally by Paul Gelting in 1931/32 (Gelting 1934) and were re-surveyed by Fritz Hans Schwarzenbach in 2001 (Schwarzenbach 2003). 

G23-064

The goal of this study is to use the crustose coralline algae (CCA) to map historical changes in flux from the Greenland Ice Sheet into coastal waters through the past several hundred years

To characterize the physical-biogeochemical conditions of a sea ice floe in Fram Strait. For this we will drift with a single piece of sea ice May 17th – May 30th. We aim to drift within the Norwegian coastal waters but there is a chance our floe may enter the Greenland EEZ. We wish to continue sampling this same single flow for the duration of our May drift.

 Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon –Portugal 

Contaminant studies in the Arctic have been focused on other environmental compartments rather than permafrost. It has benn recently estimated that the Northern permafrost regions contains 1656Gg of Mercury (Hg) that indicates the ugent need for studies to better understand the consequences and impact of this huge Hg pool in the likelt scenario of thawing. 

University of Copenhagen

For quite some time it has been known that root oncogenic loci-(rol)-genes - trough evolution - have been naturally incorporated into the DNA of several plant genera. We now intend to investigate if the rol genes are present in the greenlandic flora, potentially expanding the presence of these interesting genes in north american geographical territories. 

 Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen 

 The aim is to study Arctic vegetation changes over the past 80 years and understand the factors that enhance/reduce responses to climate change. We will perform field vegetation resurveys of historical botanical expeditions in West Greenland to document changes along environmental gradients and test hypotheses proposed to explain conflicting responses to warming observed in shorter-term monitoring, experiments, and space-for-time studies.

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology & ZSL

Our objective is to tag 80 Arctic charr with electronic tags to map behaviour in two lakes and nearby fjords. Genetic samples will give us information about sex and genetic grouping. Samples from sacrificed fish will give us information about microbiomes of the species.

 Lund University

 Natural History Museum Basel

 University of Copenhagen

The aim of the "Genome Greenland" project is to investigate how the 7 land mammals (muskox, caribou, arctic fox, arctic wolf, stoat, arctic hare and collared lemming) colonised Greenland. This will be done by collecting samples of tissue (small muscle samples) primarily from animals culled during the annual hunting periods. The samples will be whole genome sequenced and the genomic data analysed population genetics methods

Dept. of Chemical & Physical Sciences,University of Toronto at Mississauga

Climate data in W Greenland prior to the beginning of instrumental observations in the 20th century is sparse. Hence, at present we do not have a good understanding of ocean temperature and sea ice evolution during the past centuries. During our cruise we will collect small carbonate coralline algal mounds on the shallow seafloor. These mounds contain annual bands and can form on the seafloor for hundreds of years, hence, allowing a reconstruction of Arctic climate several centuries back.

Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)

The main objective is to obtain a robust understanding of past environmental change and to precisely pinpoint the timing of lake basin isolation, and to use this to investigate the temporal dynamics of mechanisms driving evolutionary change. 

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

Our overall aim of this project is to establish a new collaboration that will be the basis for future transnational work on grazing effects on Arctic vegetation-soil interactions and thus on carbon and nitrogen cycling and wider Earth System processes, together with those of human activities on herbivores –e.g., subsistence hunting effects on population sizes and habitat use

The aim of this project is to establish a baseline of the phytoplankton community composition in two understudied Arctic systems, heavily impacted by global warming: fjord systems with melting glaciers and coastal ecosystems impacted by permafrost thawing

 The purpose is to readouy dataloggers as well as collect water and sedimment samples from lakes in the Zackenberg Valley and around Station Nord to asses biodiversity and ecological status. 

The aim of this project is to establish a baseline of the phytoplankton community composition in two understudied Arctic systems, heavily impacted by global warming: fjord systems with melting glaciers and coastal ecosystems impacted by permafrost thawing 

The overall aim of this project is to investigate how the interactions between sediment phosphorus (P), microorganisms, and organic matter affect microbial P cycling and P availability to aboveground vegetation

The objective of the survey is to investigate the microbial community composition that is living in the subsurface sediments

 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

The objective of the survey is to reconstruct past marine ecosystem changes over the past 2 million years. 

 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

We plan to analyse sedimentary ancient DNA collected from cave sediments and/or lake sediments to reconstruct the past regional ecosystem in the area 

 
(i) Changes of the phyto- and bacterioplankton community along salinity gradients in Arctic fjords and 
(ii) the impact of such changes on biogeochemical fluxes and chemical modification of organic substrates and metabolites

The aim of the "Genome Greenland" project is to investigate how the 7 land mammals (muskox, caribou, arctic fox, arctic wolf, stoat, arctic hare and collared lemming) colonised Greenland. This will be done by collecting samples of tissue (small muscle samples) primarily from animals culled during the annual hunting periods.

We will assess the pollen content to establish what is present and whether it represents regional or background pollen

Objective of the study: 
Study the return migration of MSW-salmon from feeding area to spawning river, with special emphasis on survival rates.

Blood samples from live Auk 
Food samples for chicks collected from mouth cavity of live Little Auks.

 As a part of an ongoing monitoring program, To study total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea.

GL-ZaF and GL-ZaH as officially labelled (the northern most) ecosystem stations within ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System, https://www.icos-cp.eu/) are obliged to provide annual surveys on plant species level representative for both site locations

 The object of the study is to determine potential sources of ice nucleating particles (INPs) in Kobbefjord, focusing on freshwater, soil, and plants. 
All samples will be transported to Aarhus University for lab analyses.

ArcticAir
Creating the largest dataset of airborne microbial communities for the Arctic.
50g of soil per sample with a small, sterilized, hand trowel 

 Collecting somaples of Ice, water and sedimients of Glacial DOM in daneborg

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

Marin Basis Zackenberg 2023 (C-23-5-6)

Objective of study: The herbivory project will study the diet of herbivores, as well as their habitat use, using genetically based methods. 
Method for collection: Fresh feces are collected and stored in DMSO if freezing is not an option in the field. A small piece of tissue sample (ear) from hunted reindeer will be placed in bag and kept frozen. Samples will be stored at the Grønland Naturinstitut. 
Collected items, purpose and amounts: About n ~ 50 feces and tissue samples will be collected this year, with the greatest number coming from reindeer.
Other: Some hunters will be asked to participate in the sample collection. This is a pilot study this year, and will be extended next year. I am terrestrial ecologist at the Grønland Naturinsitut. 

Climate change and related reductions in sea ice have increased open water areas and accessibility for ship traffic across the Arctic. The shipping industry supports 40% of the entire global economy, is responsible for the transport of 90% of all goods globally, and plays a vital role in supporting the economy, environment and well being of Arctic communities. Increased Arctic marine connectivity could enhance employment and economic development opportunities for Inuit but could also increase risks related to environmental and cultural sustainability, safety and security, and present sovereignty tensions. We wish to explore the potential for ship based pollution and transport of non-indigenous species caused by increased maritime traffic throughout the Arctic. Contaminants of interest are principally related to fuel emissions, grey water discharge, paint-derived microplastics from ship hulls, and plastic macro-litter.

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen 

We will collect ripe seeds and fruits (thereafter ‘seeds’) of the most frequent abundant and/or ecologically significant plant species growing in Greenland.

The collected seeds will be stored in paper bags at room temperature and shipped to the University of Copenhagen, where they will be germinated following the protocols established by our group.

Title of the survey/ project: QimmeqHealth

The samples that we intend to collect are not for genetic analysis, but for analysis of the health of the Greenland Sled Dogs, e.g., investigation for parasites, viruses or certain bacteria and for a general survey of the health of the dogs through blood analysis. The individual samples will be: blood, tissue, mucus (swabs).

When live animals are handled, this is done by veterinarians or veterinary technicians. Samples from dead animals can also be obtained by civilians (typically from their own dead dogs to identify cause of death), or “vaccinators”, i.e. “hundevaccinatører”/”hundeansvarlige” who are typically interested in knowing the cause of epidemics, killing many dogs. 

The resources that will be collected are: micro, meso and macrozooplankton; fish larvae, pelagic fishes and benthic fauna

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Akuersissutip normua

Eqimattap atia aamma atorfeqarfik

Suuiniummut nassuiaat 

Sumiiffik

G22-001

Department of Chemistry and Bioscience - Aalborg University

Assess the habitat differences in arthropod communities and the requirements of individual species.

Narsarsuaq

G22-002

CENPERM – University of Copenhagen

Samples of sediment, surface water and litter. Studying the temperature effects on activity.

Disko Island

G22-003

MSM108 expedition - Alfred Wegner Institute

Water, sea ice, surface sediment, bacteria, plankton and benthos samples

Greenlandic Sea

G22-004

Department of Geosciences, UMASS

Plant, water and soil samples to form the modern basis for interpreting sedimentary DNA I lake sediment cores.

Northern part of Greenland

G22-005

Department of Marine Science and engineering, Southern University of science and Technology

Seawater collection to understand fluxes of fresh water into the ocean affects marine biogeochemistry

Disko Bay

G22-006

Department of integrative Biology, University of Colorado

Describing the northernmost life and conditions on the planet for scientific and science communication purposes.

Kaffeklubben Ø and surrounding islets

G22-007

Institute of natural resources, university of Copenhagen

Muskox and domestic sheep samples to acquire the baseline of the present pathogen diversity in Greenland muskoxen.

South Greenland

G22-008

Expedition PS131

Work on the ocean circulation and energy transport, geochemistry, glaciology, geodesy, geophysics, atmospheric physics, sea ice physics, marine biology and marine biochemistry.

North Greenland

G22-009

University of Vermont

Collecting characterizing snow for DNA extraction and culturing

West coast of Greenland

G22-010

GWfGS Greenland White-fronted Goose Study group

Contribute samples from geese for disease surveillance research purposes

Kangerlussuaq

G22-011

MARUM

Samples of planktonic foraminifera shells to allow a reconstruction of the chronology of changing oceanic conditions.

Baffin Bay

G22-012

University of Copenhagen

River water and soil collecting to study the total transported of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea.

Qaqertarsuaq

G22-013

Helmholtz Centre for Polar and marine research X European Horizon 2020 project FACE-IT

Investigate the biodiversity and distribution of Arctic seaweeds.

Tasiilaq

G22-014

Department of Environmental science, Aarhus university

Sample and characterize the complex mixtures of LAP on the Greenlandic ice sheet.

Narsarsuaq

G22-015

Department of environmental science, Aarhus university

Investigate microbial flora and isolate enzyms and other bioactive molecules frim microorganisms.

Ikka fjord

G22-016

High Arctic Institute, USA

Peregrine and Gyrfalcon Survey, and nest cameras.

Northeast corner and Thule

G22-017

University of Florida

Herbarium vouchers of plants will be collected to verify field identifications.

Kangerlussuaq

G22-018

Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, Germany

Samples of the quality of fishery products fresh and frozen in terms of authenticity aspects.

Northeast Atlantic Sea

G22-019

Institute for Ecoscience, Denmark

River water and soil samples to study total transport of suspended sediments and nutrients from land to sea.

Zackenberg Valley

G22-020

Project ECOTRIP, Norway

Sample eDNA in the Greenlandic ocean to assess the occurrence of non-native and invasive species.

Dead man’s Bay (Northeast Greenland)

G22-021

Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark

Equip muskoxen with GPS collars, and tracking their individual movements

Zackenberg

G22-022

Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Norway

Parasite samples for a population genetic analysis.

East Coast of Greenland

G22-023

Institute of Carbon Cycles, Germany

Ice-Ecosystem Interactions

Paamiut

G22-024

Marine Botany, University of Bremen

Adaptation processes of different kelp species to climate change, and discovery of new invertebrate species in the Arctic.

West coast of Greenland

G22-025

Research unit ECRU, university of Helsinki

Analyzing carbon and nitrogen content I soil, and analyze plant composition.

Disko Island

G22-026

Department of Ecology, Sweden

Examination of the seasonal occurrence of plants and insects in the area.

Nuuk and Kobberfjord

G22-027

Collab between Pinngortitaleriffik Nuuk and Fondation Pacifique

assessing the composition, distribution

and abundance of zooplankton and fish larvae to understand the physical and biological drivers behind their patterns.

Disko Bay and Northwest coast

G22-028

Aarhus University, Denmark

Securing annual tissue samples from Arctic animals in order to allow for examinations of biodiversity.

The Zackenberg region

G22-029

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Jagiellonian University and University of Helsinki

Exploreing the biodiversity of arthropods within Arctic landscape and understanding the microbe-plant-insect interactions.

Zackenberg Valley

G22-030

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and Aarhus University, Arcitc research Centre

Sampling of water, algae (luminaria) and Zooplankton and phytoplankton

Young Sound and Tyrolerfjord

G22-031

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL

Obtain a thorough understanding of the affect of climate change on the structure and functioning of the permafrost microbiome in alpine and polar ecosystems.

Villium research Stations North

G22-032

Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus university

River samples, air samples and Marine biogeochemistry

Young Sound and Tyrolerfjord

G22-033

GREA & Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté, Aarhus University, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Clinic for birds, reptiles, amphibians.

Studying the impact of climate change on biodiversity, and the precise ecological mechanisms behind the functional disturbance to forecast future threats faced by biodiversity.

Hochstetter Forland, Zackenberg and Karupelv Valley

G22-034

Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Samples of bones/antlers from the ground to understand how and how fast organisms can respond to environmental change, to predict their resilience to global climate change.

Station Nord, Hochstetter Foreland and Trail Ø.

G22-035

Lab. Protistology & Aquatic Ecology, Belgium

Collecting water and soil samples used for biodiversity and experimental studies.

Nuup Kangerlua and Ameralik Fjord

G22-036

Duke Univeristy

Characterize the main drivers of biological nitrogen fixation and how they respond to environmental forcing.

Kobberfjord Field Sites

G22-037

Duke Univeristy

Characterize the main drivers of biological nitrogen fixation and how they respond to environmental forcing.

Southern Greenland Coast

G22-038

GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen

Collecting moss samples in front of local ice caps to constrain previous extent of the ice caps.

South Greenland

G22-039

Institutionen för geovetenskaper, Göteburgs Universitet

Assessment of the effects of “browning” on the morphological and physiological properties of soil crusts, and measuring depolumerization and gross N mineralization rate

Qeqertarsuaq

G22-040

Collaboration between Pinngortitaleriffik Nuuk and Fondation Pacifique

Sampling ichthyoplankton (fish larvae) and zooplankton, to assess the composition, distribution and abundance of zooplankton and fish larvae along the coast

Disko Bay and West coast of Greenland

G22-041

Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Monitoring Ivory Gulls to document movements, during breeding season.

Northeast Greenland

G22-042

Collaboration between Pinngortitaleriffik / Greenlandia

Sampling ichthyoplankton (fish larvae) and zooplankton, to assess the composition, distribution and abundance of zooplankton and fish larvae in the area.

Scoresby Soound

G22-043

Collaboration between Ghent University, Marine Biology Research Group and

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

Taking Marine sediment samples such as phytoplankton and zooplankton, to study the biochemical processes.

Godthåbsfjord, Ameralik Fjord

G22-044

institute of Carbon Cycles, Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources

Marine samples to support the assessment and modeling of biological changes under the future climate scenarios.

Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Bessel Fjord and Dove Bay

G22-045

Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen

River water and soil samples to study total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea, and to study chemical composition and nutrient status in the soil.

Østerlien and Røde Elv

G22-046

Marine Research Institute

Klaipėda University

Samples of Microfauna, Large invertebrates and sea water

East coast of Greenland

G22-047

Amundsen Science

Université Laval

Understanding of the impacts of these sea ice changes on the physical, biological and geochemical processes in the Arctic Ocean

Baffin Bay

G22-049

Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

G22-050

Program PAASP

Taking mosquito samples and identify the species level in the area

Kobberfjord and Nuuk

G22-051

Grønlands Naturinstitut and

Aarhus Universitet

Taking vegetation samples and counting birds in the area.

Svartenhuk

G22-052

Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba

The objective of this survey is to classify kelp depth distribution in Nuup Kangerlua and Ameralik fjords.

Nuup Kangerlua and Ameralik Fjords.

G22-053

Biologisk Institut, Københavns Universitet

The purpose is to sample plant material for scientific investigations that will reveal how dry high arctic heaths respond to increased precipitation inputs.

Zackenberg Research station, NE Greenland

G22-054

Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

Sediment samples, organic surface crust samples and low pH sulphide-rich drainage water samples

Islets North of Kaffeklubben Ø

G22-055

Research program Greenfjord

Create process understanding of how climate change affects fjord ecosystems, and how this propagates to biodiversity and livelihoods

Narsaq, Narsarsuaq and Igaliko

G22-056

Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia

Studying plant surviving in glaciated areas on the example of the most primitive vascular.

Northeast, Northwest and Southeast Greenland

G22-057

Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Study the fish communities of Greenland freshwaters

Tuttutooq,

Erik the Red’s Land and Qaarsuarsuk area

G22-058

Aarhus University, Department of Ecoscience, DCE

Blood samples from live Little Auk, and

food samples for chicks collected from mouth cavity of live Little Auks.

Siorapaluk

G22-059

GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Studying the influence of permafrost hydrology and thaw dynamics on the microbiome, its composition, distribution, and metabolic potential for carbon decomposition and greenhouse gas formation and oxidation.

Disko Island

G22-060

Chiba University, japan

Field campaigns for biological observations.

Qaanaaq Ice Cap

G22-061

University of Toronto, Department of Earth sciences

Collecting small carbonate coralline algal mounds on the shallow seafloor allowing a reconstruction of Arctic climate several centuries back

Nares Strait

G22-062

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zürich)

Assess biodiversity in the Arctic Ocean in a context of climate change, based on environmental DNA.

Greenland sea and North Atlantic Ocean

G22-063

Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen

The overall purpose is to improve the health of the Greenlandic sled dog long-term

Ittoqqortoormiit

G22-064

Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University

To reconstruct Holocene and pre-Holocene paleoclimate history of South Greenland, in order to help better understand how Greenland’s environment is affected by warming climate

South Greenland

G22-065

GL-ZaF, Institut for Ecoscience, Arhus Universitet

Vegetation sampling including mandatory foilar sampling and leaf mass to area ratio Determination.

Zackenberg Valley

G22-066

Grønlands Naturinstitut, Københavns Universitet and Aarhus Universitet

Collecting water samples for chemical studies and samples for counting species of plants, plankton and fish

Narsaq

G22-067

Lamas Production

Target analysis will be microplastics and organic anthropogenic contaminants

Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit

G22-068

Aarhus Universitet, Arktisk Forskningscenter

Samples of macroalgae

Nuuk and Disko Bay

G22-069

Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)

Taking tissue samples of threespine stickleback fish

Nipissat and Qeqertarsuaq

G22-070

Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck

The current project aims to contrast microplastic releases associated with cruise-ship tourism.

Cruise Expedition from Canada

G22-071

University of Alberta

Aim to collect several ocean profiles and water samples across Nares Strait

Nares strait

G22-072

TUNU-VIII expedition, Norway

Investigates the fish fauna in the fjords and on the shelves both within and

offshore the NE Greenland National Park

Entry slope east of Belgica Bank

G22-073

University of Minnesota

Collecting water, ice and sediments with the goal of characterizing the microbes present. These will be environmental samples and thus not targeting a specific species.

Leverett Glacier and Isunnguata Sermia

G22-074

Aarhus Universitet

Blue mussel species distribution in Greenland

Narsarsuaq and Qeqertarsuaq.

Daphnia pulicaria (crustacean zooplankton) life animals and resting stages: to be usde in experimental work to study their tolerance to climate warming Purple sulfur bacteria

Akuersissutip normua 

Eqimattap atia aamma atorfeqarfik 

Suuini ummut nassuiaat 

Sumiiffik 

G21-001

Animal Plant Health Agency (APHA)

Its primary purpose is to enable the generation and distribution of high-quality actionable information for evidence-based early warning, risk assessment and monitoring of emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.

Sonderstromfjord

G21-002

TUNU Expedition, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Fishes and other fauna are sampled for taxonomic, genetic and ecological analyses, and water samples are taken for analyses of environmental DNA.

Besselfjord

G21-003

Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Integrative Parasitology and

Zoophysiology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Examine the population structure and differential gene expression of cod-worm Pseudoterranvoa sp.

East Greenland

G21-004

University of Florida.

Herbarium vouchers of plants, portion of the moss samples, samples of water, bulk

water samples

Kangerlussuaq and Sisimiut

G21-005

Aarhus University

The aim of the project is to secure annual tissue samples from a number of arctic animals in order to allow for examinations of biodiversity, population dynamics, diets and other scientific questions.

Zackenberg Valley

G21-006

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Macroinvertebrates, zooplankton and phytoplankton samples from the surveyed lakes and macroinvertebrates from streams and fjords.

Kujalleq Municipality

G21-007

RV POLARSTERN expedition PS126

Water, sea ice and surface sediment samples; ‘marine snow’ (sinking particles); bacteria, plankton, and benthos to investigate the impacts of Climate Change on an Arctic marine ecosystem.

Northeast coast of Greenland

G21-008

Genome Greenland project, University of Copenhagen

Investigate how the 7 land mammals colonized Greenland.

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G21-009

University of Tennessee

intend to analyze these samples of englacial melt water for microbial diversity by extracting environmental DNA and sequencing the small subunit of ribosomal RNA gene

Greenland Summit Station

G21-010

Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Samples from Ecto-parasites and construct baselines of invasive species (such as pink salmon) and eukaryotic biodiversity in this elusive area.

East coast of Greenland

G21-011

Deep Purple Project, Aarhus University

Sample and characterize the complex mixtures of LAP on the Greenland ice sheet in the south Greenland in order to derive insight into how and if these LAP change the albedo of glaciers and ice sheets.

South Greenland

G21-012

Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University

Identify thermal tolerances and physiological adaptations to thermal stress of arthropods in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments.

Narsarsuaq and Upernaviasuk

G21-013

Aarhus University

Determine how climate induced changes in cryospheric and hydrological

processes will influence hydrochemistry and greenhouse gas concentration with focus on nitrogen cycling, in

High-Artic streams in NE Greenland.

East coast of Greenland

G21-014

GREA & Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté

Blood samples from four different bird species, to study their local densities and dynamics to forecast the future threats face by biodiversity in Greenland.

Zackenberg, Hochstetter Forland and Traill Island

G21-015

Grenome Greenland project, Aarhus University

Investigate how the 7 land mammals colonized Greenland.

Daneborg, danmarkshavn and Station Nord

G21-016

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management,

University of Copenhagen

Snow fence experiment, collection of sediment and litter samples, to study biotic and abiotic activity.

Disko Island, Qaanaaq and Brønlundshus

G21-017

Université de Montréal

Monitoring the mosquito population and the presence of viruses in possible vectors within the city.

Kobberfjord

G21-018

Geosciences and Natural Ressource Management, University of Copenhagen

River water and soil water are collected, to study total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea.

Østerlien and Røde Elv

G21-019

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus University

Collection of water samples, sedements samples and aglae samples.

Kobberfjord, Nuuk and Disko Island

G21-020

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Examine below-ground fungi and bacteria in the roots and rhizosphere of plant species common in the Nuuk are. Examine how environmental conditions reflect into the structure of ecological interactions both below and above ground, and across trophic levels

Nuuk area

G21-021

Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, Université Savoie Mont Blanc

Study the Ivory Gulls in North Greenland, and their population dynamics, genetic structure as well as the contamination load of the Ivory Gull.

Station Nord

G21-022

Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Exploration of the biodiversity of Arthropods within Arctic landscapes and their microbiome associations.

Zackenberg Valley

G21-023

Institut for Bioscience, Aarhus Universitet

River water and soil water are collected, to study total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea.

Zackenberg Valley

G21-024

University of Vermont, US

Work involves collecting characterizing snow using physical measurements including field respirometry, next generation DNA sequencing, and culturing.

Illulissat and Kangerlussuaq

G21-025

Dept. of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Largo dell'Università

The study of the microbiota associated to both the roots and the aerial part of Silene acaulis plants collected in two localities of West Greenland

Kobberfjord and Disko Island

G21-026

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus Universitet

Water, sediment and algae samples

East Greenland

G21-027

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus Universitet

Insects 400 samples and water samples.

Zackenberg and Ella Island

G21-028

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus Universitet

Water samples and water e-DNA samples

South Greenland

G21-029

Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Small genetic tissue samples, less than 20 grams total of narwhal pulp, brain, and reproductive tract. Placing in DNA/RNA Guard Solution

Kitsissuarsuit

G21-030

Pinngortitaleriffik - Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

To incorporate some specimen, mostly fishes, to the scientific collections at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.

Southwest Greenland

G21-031

Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

Main objectives are to investigate the diversity of bacteria and fungi in E and N Greenland and to investigate the diversity of bacteria and fungi associated with roots of six common plant species.

Tyrolerfjord, Daneborg and Danmarkshavn

G21-032

DTU, Denmark

Genetic assessment of Atlantic salmon

East Greenland

G21-033

Ghent University, Marine Biology research Group and Grønlands Natur institut

The aim is here to compare the biodiversity between two fjord types in Greenland

Kobbefjord and Ameralik Fjord

G21-034

Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

This study aims to investigate the effect of climate change on the diversity and activity of bacteria and fungi in W Greenland

Brønlundhus, Qaanaaq, Disko Island, Narsarsuaq

G21-035

Université Laval, Canada and Greenland Climate Research Centre

The major species collected with the plankton nets will consist of zooplankton and larval fish and assess the abundance, diversity and distribution of benthic organisms and levels of contaminants and carbon in the sediments.

Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay

G21-036

Lab. Protistology & Aquatic Ecology, Dept. Biology

Assessing the biodiversity, biogeography and impact of climate change on moss-associated diatom communities in the Arctic

West Greenland

G21-037

Institute of Ecology, Austrian Polar Research Institute, University of Innsbruck

The sampling is focused on the presence of microplastic in order to assess microplastic pollution in the high Arctic

East Greenland

G21-038

Naturama, Denmark

samples of both male and female Arctic willow (Salix arctica), samples of mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) and feces samples around lemming winter.

Northeast Greenland

G21-039

Aarhus Universitet, Arktisk Forskningscenter

Water samples: Nutrients, alkalinity, inorganic carbon and microplastics.

Kangerluusaak fjord

G21-040

Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University

Collecting trout samples where the project aims at establishing robust baselines of naturally occuring radionuclides in biota samples from Greenland.

South Greenland

G21-041

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

The main objective of the survey is to characterize the marine plankton biodiversity in Northwest Greenland

Northwest Greenland

G21-042

NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet, Norway

The objective is to tag 85 Arctic charr with electronic tags to map behavior in a lake and in the fjord.

South Greenland

G21-043

Marine Biology Section, Denmark

The object is to obtain seawater samples for subsequent DNA extraction. The goal is to use molecular methods to identify the bacterial species present in the water samples

East Greenland

G21-044

Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland

The purpose of this survey is to collect mineral samples and compare with results from 2019.

South Greenland

G21-045

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

The aim is, for solely scientific purposes, to sample populations of O, by taking samples of leaves, seeds and in florescences.

Nuuk and Kobberfjord

Akuersissutip normua 

Eqimattap atia aamma atorfeqarfik 

Suuini ummut nassuiaat 

Sumiiffik 

Inernera 

G20-001

Grønlands Naturinstitut

Focus on the Arctic environment and compounds which may be transported over long ' distances (LRTP), are persistent (P), bioaccumulating (B), and toxic (T). Aims particularly at PBT or vPvB

West Greenland and South Greenland

G20-002

Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Genome samples of a wolf skull

Greenland Institute ofNatural Resources.

G20-003

Københavns Universitet, Denmark

Studying total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea

Østerlien, and River Røde Elv

G20-004

Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

The aim is to follow the vertical and horizontal movement of bacteria in sediment overlying thawing permafrost

Disko Island

G20-005

Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University

The aim is to sample and characterize the complex mixtures of LAP on the Greenland ice sheet in the south Greenland in order to derive insight into how and if these LAP change the albedo of glaciers and ice sheets.

South Greenland

G20-006

Aarhus Universitet, Arktisk Forskningscenter

Collection of water samples, sedements samples and aglae samples.

Young Sound and Tyrolerfjord

G20-007

GREA & Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté

Knowing more about the precise ecological mechanisms behind the functional disturbances that are already obvious in this region will allow us to better understand and forecast the future threats faced by biodiversity in Greenland

Hochstetter, Zackenberg and Karupelv valley

G20-008

Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University

The aim of the project is to secure annual tissue samples from a number of vertebrate species in order to allow for examinations of population dynamics, diet and other scientific questions

Zackenberg region

G20-009

TSENS Project, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Collecting soil samples from 9 location within the Arctic region to assess the bacterial temperature response in terms of growth and respiration.

Kobberfjord

G20-010

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus University

Insects, Species determination.

Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord, Kemp Fjord, lsefjord, Antarctics Sund, Sofia Sund, Vega Sund and Kong Oskar Fjord

G20-011

CENPERM - Center for permafrost,

Department of Geosciences and Natural Ressource Management,

University of Copenhagen

The collected samples of sediment, litter, surface water and groundwater will be used for experiments to study biotic and abiotic activity, nutrient cycling and physical and chemical composition of the sediment at variable environmental conditions

Disko Island, Qaanaaq, Narsarsuaq and Nuuk

G20-012

GEOMAR Helmholtz

Centre for Ocean

Research Kiel,

Research Unit Marine

Natural Products

Chemistry

The aim within the project is to investigate the metabolome of the microorganisms from water and associated to mesopelagic animals in order to assess their potential to produce bioactive secondary metabolites.

South-Eastern

Greenland coast

G20-013

Institut for Bioscience, Aarhus University

Studying total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea.

Zackenberg

G20-014

CCGS Amundsen, Université Laval, Québec.

Collection of baseline environmental data in Northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay. This will support a better understanding of the marine ecosystem diversity and physical variability and to assess the changes occurring in response to climate warming.

AR7W transect line between Black Tickle, Canada and Nunarssit, Greenland

G20-015

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus University

Analyzing Ascophyllum nodosum tissue, Saccharina sp. Tissue, Saccharina sp., Fucus sp. Agarum sp., Desmarestia sp., Palmaria sp., Polysiphonia sp. And Water samples

Kobberfjord Nuuk and Disko Island

G20-016

Grønlands Naturinstitut, Greenland

Plan to collect a number of amhipods in Kobbefjord, near Nuuk. If successfull in keeping the animals alive, a number of samples may be sent to Denmark, for test on the level of pollutants in the organisms

Kobberfjord

G20-017

TSENS Project, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Collecting soil samples from 9 location within the Arctic region to assess the bacterial temperature response in terms of growth and respiration.

Blæsedalen near Qeqertarsuaq

G20-018

Institut for Bioscience, Aarhus University

Researching, how eroding permafrost affects soil microorganisms.

Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, Zackenberg Research Station

G20-019

Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University

The field survey aims at understanding the differential responses of shrubs to climate change. With functional trait, genetic, and dendroecological analyses signals of climate-driven responses in ecosystem functioning and recruitment pulses can be detected.

Qeqertarsuaq

G20-020

Royal Greenland

dyrkning af tang

Sukkertang (saccarina latissima)

Vingetang (alaria esculenta)

Maniitsoq

G20-021

Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Integrative Parasitology and

Zoophysiology, Goethe University Frankfurt

Examine the population structure and differential gene expression of cod-worm Pseudoterranvoa sp.

Southeast Greenland

Akuersissutip normua 

Eqimattap atia aamma atorfeqarfik 

Suuini ummut nassuiaat 

Sumiiffik 

Inernera 

G19-001

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge.

Collecting soil, moss and common vascular plants

Qaqortoq, Nuuk, Sisimiut and Ilulissat

G19-002

Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.

Conducting a survey of the fish communities, the study will have important implications for the understanding, appreciation and preservation of fish biodiversity in Greenland freshwaters.

South Greenland

G19-003

Institut for Bioscience, Aarhus University.

Studying total transport of suspended sediment and nutrients from land to sea

Zackenberg

G19-004

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.

Obtain a thorough understanding of the effect of climate change on the structure and functioning of the permafrost microbiome in alpine and polar ecosystems

Villum Research Station North

G19-005

Aarhus Univeristy.

Tissue samples from all wildlife species found dead

Zackenberg

G19-006

Aarhus Univeristy

Immobilizing, collaring and sampling of up to 30 muskoxen at Zackenberg.

Zackenberg

G19-007

IGN, University of Copenhagen

Water samples as a part of the GeoBasis Monitoring program.

Østerlien and Røde Elv

G19-008

University of North Texas, Augustana College and University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point.

Survey all the coastline and inland cliffs from 76.00°N to 77.0°N for Peregrine Falcons and Gyrfalcons. At occupied cliffs, determine if falcons are breeding.

Thuke and Kangerlussuaq

G19-009

Pinngortitaleriffik, Greenland

The aim of this project is to collect lake bottom sediment cores from the area surrounding the Ryder glacier on Greenland, and bone, teeth and scats from local fauna.

Ryder Glacial area,

Nares Land, Wullf Land and Nyeboe Land

G19-010

Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University

Identify drivers of diversity and structure of arthropod communities to

landscape scale predictors, like vegetation community, topography and soil texture and moisture

Narsarsuaq

G19-011

Expedition (C-19-32), Institute of Geology, University of Innsbruck, Austria.

The main aim of the expedition is to explore and document the Grottedalen and Centrum Sø region for caves and to map the glacial landforms.

Grottedalen and Centrum Sø

G19-012

GLACE, Institute of Geological Sciences & Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research

University of Bern

Collecting water samples, soila and plant material, genetic marker in lake sediment and aerosol samples

South and North Greenland

G19-013

The ATKA 2019 Expedition, Département de Biologie, Université Laval

Québec

The project aims to

Identify hybrid between C. finmarchicus and C. glacialis, and estimate the geographical distribution of the hybrids

West Greenland

G19-014

Terrestrial Ecology Section Department of Biology University of Copenhagen

The objective is to understand the quantity and quality of the gas release from tundra ecosystems to the atmosphere and how climate change affects the release.

South Greenland

G19-015

Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College

To examine Greenland ecosystems and their response to climate change, collecting small samples to identify and analyse water, plants, insects and soils.

Kangerlussuaq

G19-016

Stream Biofilm and Ecosystem Research Laboratory Ecole Polytechinque Fédéral de Lausanne

The project’s overall goal is to sample biofilms (colonies of microorganisms) from hundreds of glacier-fed streams around the world and analyze their genomes.

Nuuk, Sisimiut and Disko Island

G19-17

Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Université Savoie Mont Blanc

To control ivory gulls that have been ringed in previous years at the same location and document their

regional movements during the breeding season.

Station Nord

G19-018

Department of Physical Geograpgy and Ecosystem science, Lund university.

Samples of peat Soil

Zackenberg

G19-019

GREA & Université de Bourgogne Franche Comté

Samples from Lemmings and their predators to know more about the precise ecological mechanisms behind the functional disturbances that are already obvious in this region will allow us to better understand and forecast the future threats faced by biodiversity in Greenland and in other regions in the world.

Hochstetter, Zackenberg and Karupelv Valley

G19-020

Ecoinformatics & Biodiversity, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University.

The field survey aims at understanding the differential responses of shrubs to climate change

Disko Island, Nuuk and Narsarsuaq

G19-021

Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

the genetic and physiological adaptations of the species G. groenlandica to hibernating as a caterpillar under subzero temperatures without freezing, and to potential regional variation in the genomic mechanisms behind frost hardiness

Hochstetter, Zackenberg and Karupelv Valley

G19-022

Basque Centre for Climate Change – BC3

The survey aims to understand the recovery of soil interaction networks (including insects, mycorrhizal fungi, and plants) of Norse farms and compare it with similar places with no observable impacts but with similar environmental and biotic conditions.

Kilarsarfic

G19-023

Department of Physical Geography &

Ecosystem Science, Lund University

Collecting peat material to perform extraction of genomic DNA.

Zackenberg

G19-024

CENPERM - Center for Permafrost

Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

University of Copenhagen

Collection of sediment, surface water and groundwater

Disko Island, Qaanaaq and Kangerlussuaq

G19-025

NASA Jet Produlsion Laboratory JPL

Up to 20 meters of icecore at firn/ice transition, Researchers will then lower their UV fluorescence instrument into the borehole to perform tests and scientific measurements.

Baker Borehole

G19-026

Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

The objective is to describe the planktonic biodiversity by microscopic observations, phylogenetic analyses and metabarcoding and of planktonic taxa in an arctic marine environment.

Disko Bay

G19-027

Aarhus University.

The overall aim of this project is to determine how climate induced changes in cryospheric and hydrological processes will influence biodiversity and ecological function in High Arctic stream ecosystems.

Qeqertarsuaq

G19-028

University of Gothenburg, Department of Earth sciences, University of Gothenburg

Collecting Benthic red coralline algae and sediment samples. Then analyze the material within the bands to see how the composition of various elements have changed as a response to environmental change

Nuuk fjord

G19-029

University of Gothenburg, Department of Earth sciences and Ilisimatusarfik

Genetic samples will be obtained from fermented foods (seal, seal blubber, cod, cod roe, seal oil and Angelica and rose root in seal oil) purchased in Nuuk

Nuuk and Qaanaaq

G19-030

SLU - Sweedish University of Agricultural Sciences

The main focus is on looking at the pathways related to degradation and cycling of organic carbon freed from the thawing permafrost.

Disko Island

G19-031

Canadian Museum of Nature

Collecting plant sediments, this will give youth from Nunavut, other regions of Canada, and other countries the opportunity to learn about the plants of Greenland.

Kangerlussuaq, Itilleq, Ilulissat and Ummannaq

G19-032

Institut for Miljøvidenskab, Aarhus Universitet

Collection of samples of soil, water, sediments, plants, ikaite, in order to describe the microbiomes associated with these environments.

Ikka Fjord, Arsuk Fjord and Narsarsuaq

G19-033

Nunazymes ApS

Collection of samples of soil, water, sediments, plants, ikaite, in order to describe the microbiomes associated with these environments.

Ikka Fjord, Arsuk Fjord and Narsarsuaq

G19-034

Dept. Of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University

The objective of this study is to get a panArctic understanding of the effects of herbivores on tundra vegetation.

Zackenberg valley

G19-035

Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen

The aim of the study is to investigate the sensitivity of the microbiome of Greenland soils to different

environmental conditions and to climate change particularly.

Sermilik

Kangerlussuaq

Tasiilaq

Disko

Narsarsuaq area

Upernavik

Qaanaaq-Etah Area

Qaanaaq

Maniitsoq-Narsaq coastline

Ilulissat

Sisimiut

G19-036

Universite Laval, Canada

The main objective of the 2019 field program in the Eastern Canadian Arctic is to continue the collection of baseline environmental data in Northern Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay. This will support a better understanding of the marine ecosystem diversity and physical variability and to assess the changes occurring in response to climate warming.

Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay and Nares Strait

G19-037

Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland.

Collection of mineral samples from different parts of selected ikaite columns in The Ikka Fjord in Southwestern Greenland, in order to lidentify which minerals, the columns consist of in light of the warming seawater.

Ikka Fjord

G19-038

NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Mapping and modelling the distribution of microplastics in all marine environmental compartments.

Prins Christians Sund area, Qaqortoq area, Paamiut area and Iluileq area

G19-039

Institut für Geologie, Universität Hamburg

Collection of samples of benthic red coralline algae Clathromorphum compactum.

Nuuk northwards to Qaanaaq

G19-040

Ilisimatusarfik, Greenland

Microbiological genetic material will be collected from transportation transits in Greenland including bus stops, dog sleds and airports

Nuuk and Siorapaluk

G19-041

Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University,

The aim is to sample and characterize the complex mixtures of LAP on Mittivakkat and on the ice sheet across the Fjord, from Sermilikl Station in SE Greenland in order to derive insight into how and if these LAP change the albedo of glaciers and ice sheets

Sermilik Station, Ice Sheet and Weather Station

G19-042

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus University

Water, Sediment, Frozen river water, Filters (sediment traps), Algae and Laminaria.

Young Sound and Tyrolerfjord

G19-043

University of Rostock

Live mussels will be transported to Germany for genetic analyses (genome sequences to identify putative loci under temperature selection) and physiological studies (measurements of energy metabolism under different temperature regimes).

Kobberfjord

G19-044

Project COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOMICS OF THE WIDESPREAD MYCENA MUSHROOMS, University of Lund

The aim is to elucidate the molecular mechanisms fungi use to switch between their different lifestyles, and how they adapt to extreme habitats

Kobberfjord

G19-045

Grønlands Naturinstitut

Samples including species of seaweed, bivalves, snails, and amphopods, and sediment samples will be brought to our laboratory in Denmark for further analyses of oil uptake.

Young Sund and Kobbefjord

G19-046

School of Science and the Environment, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University

Research on how glacier recession in Greenland releases organic carbon and nutrients to meltwater streams and proglacial environments, driving increased production of atmospheric greenhouse gases

Zackenberg Valley

G19-047

Arktisk Forskningscenter, Aarhus Universitet

Samples of Macroalgae, water and nutrients.

Kobberfjord, Nuuk and Disko Island

G19-048

Grønlands Naturinstitut, Aarhus University

This project will investigate food choice of Arctic charr in relation to fish size, habitat, time, and inter-lakes.

Nuuk Municipality, Badesø and Langesø in the Kobbefjord area

G19-049

School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.

The aims here are to investigate seasonal variations in the biogeochemical cycling in glaciated fjords, and the role played by glacial sediments in nutrient supply.

Ameralik Fjord and Godhabsfjord.

G19-050

Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit

Investigate the evolution of organo-mineral interactions by measuring the concentration, composition and interaction between the organic matter and mineral fractions in permafrost, river and marine samples.

Zackenberg and Young Sound

G19-051

Dep. of Agroecology, Aarhus University

The survey involves collection of samples of home-grown forages in southern Greenland.

South Greenland

G19-052

Ilisimatusarfik, Greenland

A wild yeast will be isolated from local plant material incl. Rose root, blueberries and flowers. The isolated yeasts will be shipped to Denmark for DNA extraction and DNA sequencing to confirm the identity of the yeasts

Nuuk

G19-053

Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Genome samples of a wolf skull

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