Exciting days with the GreenFjord Consortium at the Extreme Environments Research Lab (EERL) coordinating next years research in South Greenland at Narsaq International Research Station

Written By lise autogena

Narsaq International Research Station will function as a hub for the GreenFjord research programme’s six research clusters. The research station will function as an observatory for the project’s Atmosphere cluster and will also function as a project space working with the community of Narsaq

GreenFjord (Greenlandic Fjord ecosystems in a changing climate: socio-cultural and environmental interactions) is funded by a Swiss Polar Institute Flagship Grant and involves researchers from ten international research organisations.

  • Cryosphere: glacier calving and impact on fjord water and nutrient circulation

  • Ocean: physical and microbial characteristics of fjord systems

  • Biosphere: determination of biodiversity by means of environmental DNA

  • Atmosphere: influence of local natural emissions on cloud formation

  • Land: export of terrestrial organic matter to the ocean

  • Human: understanding the relationship between local livelihoods and fjord socio-ecosystems

Contact:

Julia.schmale@epfl.ch (PI and atmosphere lead)

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