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.

The goal of this project is to identify changes in the communities of bacteria, archaea, ice algae, and other microbial eukaryotes in first year sea ice during the spring transition, as the surface melts and the ice drains.

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

Feltbiolog Lars Holst Hansen fra Aarhus Universitet er med på satellitforbindelse fra det nordøstlige Grønland. Her har han været med til at sætte satellitsendere på 14 moskusokser. Medvirkende: Lars Holst Hansen, feltbiolog, Aarhus Universitet.

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.