PROPOLAR 2015-2016 - Diários de Campanha

O PROPOLAR 2015-2016 apoia 6 projetos na região do Ártico e 8 projetos na Antártida.​

ÁRTICO

• Unravelling the strength of carry-over effects in a Artic Migratory Shorebird (AMS)
• Effects of long-distance migration on individual fitness (GEOWHIMBER)
• Biogeochemistry of carbon, sulphur and contaminants in thermokarst lakes under winter conditions (PERMACHEM)
• Remote sensing analysis of terrain and vegetation changes in thaw lake catchments (Whapmagoostui-Kuujjuarapik, Hudson Bay, sub-Arctic Canada) (SHRUBIFLY)
• Individual particle analysis of atmospheric aerosols at a remote site, north of the Arctic Circle (POLARUBI)
• Zooplankton in a warming Arctic Ocean: Integrating transcriptional and physiological responses to thermal stress (ZOOPWARM)

ANTÁRTIDA

• Detailed surface mapping of the ice-free areas of Maritime Antarctica using UAVs (ANTUAV)
• Physiological and molecular plasticity to thermal and osmoregulatory challenge in Antarctic fishes (FISHWARM III)
• Integrated geological, geochemical and permafrost studies in Fildes and Barton Peninsulas, King George Island, Antarctica (GEOPERM II)
• Loadings And Tectonics of Antarctica (LATA)
• Mercury methylation and demethylation rates in Deception Island waters impacted by volcanic-mercury (MERCANTAR)
• Pelagic fauna ecology of the Southern Ocean (PELAGIC)
• Permafrost and climate change in the Antarctic Peninsula 2015-16 (PERMANTAR 2015-16)
• A Sustainable Modular Building for Research Development in the Antarctic (POLAR LODGE)

O mês de Dezembro de 2015 dá início às primeiras actividades de investigação na Antártida.

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