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Ice dynamical work on Nordenskiöldbreen/ Lomonosovfonna 2009

... of the earlier drill site to further test if local conditions inf luence the records. The route taken was via De Geerdalen, crossing Tempelfjorden into Gipsdalen up to Lomonosovfonna. The ice core team camped on top of Lomonosovfonna, while ...

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Climate-ecosystem interactions

... to evaluate effects of changes in climate and reindeer grazing. Another similar study is aiming to assess multidecadal past vegetation changes. This study was conducted by locating and revisiting sites that have been used for ...

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MARA – Moveable Atmospheric Radar for Antarctica

... of noctilucent clouds have not found any significant increase over the last 40 years (Kirkwood et al., 2003 and 2007, Dalin et al., 2006) while analysis of satellite data (DeLand et al., 2007) has suggested a significant increase. However, ...

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The development of the Arctic Ocean

... Independence Fjord group are sparse, with only a lower age limit provided by the approx. 1 380 Ma intrusive Zig-Zag Dal basalt suite (Kalsbeek and Jepsen, 1984). Studies of detrital minerals in this group will provide further age ...

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Atmospheric measurements at the Swedish antarctic station Wasa

... months and we will investigate the suggested connection between planetary wave activity and the observed decadal variability of noctilucent clouds (NLC or PMC) and polar mesospheric summer echoes (PMSE), which could not yet be ...

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Recent changes in land cover and carbon balance in Beringia

... carbon balance at the landscape level. The key objective of this project is to determine the patterns of decadal time scale LCC at multiple sites in the Beringia region and to assess the probable impact that these changes have had on ...

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The role of mediumsized predators in the arctic ecosystem

... foxes seem to avoid contact with red foxes, in particular during reproduction (Tannerfeldt et al., 2002, Dalén et al., 2004). The fact that red foxes have become more numerous in productive mountain tundra areas may therefore ...

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Collecting for the Swedish Museum of Natural History

... the skeleton of a Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, shot by the field guide in the morning. Photo: Fredrik Dalerum. Fishing was by means of gill nets and rods. Large fish were individually marked, photos taken and a piece of muscle ...

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