Arctic SGD Project

Arctic SGD is a Polish-Norwegian project which aims to investigate submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) around Svalbard and northern Norway

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It’s an international team of scientists which aims to investigate submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) around Svalbard and northern Norway

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Arctic SGD Project

Arctic SGD is a Polish-Norwegian project which aims to investigate SGD (submarine groundwater discharge) around Svalbard and northern Norway. The knowledge gained from the study will provide baseline information on the environmental impact of SGD, which is crucial for predictions in a changing Arctic. 

The Norway Grants and the EEA Grants

The Norway Grants and the EEA Grants represent Norway’s contribution towards a green, competitive and inclusive Europe.
Through the Norway Grants and the EEA Grants, Norway contributes to reducing social and economic disparities and to strengthening bilateral relations with beneficiary countries in Central and Southern Europe and the Baltics. Norway cooperates closely with the EU through the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). Together with the other donors, Norway has provided €3.3 billion through consecutive grant schemes between 1994 and 2014.
Norway Grants are financed solely by Norway and are available in the countries that joined the EU after 2003. For the period 2014-2021, the Norway Grants amount to €1.25 billion.

The priorities for this period are:

#1 Innovation, Research, Education, Competitiveness and Decent Work

#2 Social Inclusion, Youth Employment and Poverty Reduction

#3 Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Low Carbon Economy

#4 Culture, Civil Society, Good Governance and Fundamental Rights

#5 Justice and Home Affairs

Find more about The Norway Grants and the EEA Grants: www.norwaygrants.org

Programme Operator: National Science Centre

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The main objectives of this project

Determine the factors controlling SGD in both nearshore and offshore locations of the Arctic

Reconstruct the history of SGD through investigating authigenic minerals 

Quantify the fluxes of groundwater and accompanying solutes to the overlying water column

Investigate the impact of SGD on benthic meio- & macro-fauna

Key facts

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Project acronym

ArcticSGD

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Project full title

Submarine Groundwater Discharge in a Changing Arctic Region: Scale and Biogeochemical impact

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Area

Climate change including polar research

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Call

2020 GRIEG Call funded from the Norway grants under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 (85%) and national co-financing (15%)

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Programme operator

The National Science Centre

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Contract number

UMO-2019/34/H/ST10/00645

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Project budget

6 273 543 PLN

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Project duration

36 months (September 2020 – August 2023)

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Project Beneficiary

Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN)

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Project Partners

Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Nord University

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Project Promotor institution

Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences; Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland


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Project coordinator

Dr. Beata Szymczycha
phone: +48 (58) 7311738
email: beat.sz@iopan.pl

Participants

International team of scientists which aims to investigate submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) around Svalbard and northern Norway. Scientists participate in the research: Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN), Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) and  Nord University.

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Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard cont.

Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard cont.

Glaciers and permafrost create freshwater flows on the Svalbard seafloor, changing water and sediment chemistry. Scientists showed how our frozen landscape affects the hidden world at the bottom of fjords filled with unique and rarely seen animals.The presenters were...

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Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard.

Closing meeting of the ArcticSGD project in Svalbard.

We kindly invite you to the open meeting of the ArcticSGd project on ‘The hidden freshwater of Svalbard fjords’. The meeting will be held on Wednesday 24.01.2024 at the Tio Monchos/ Kulturhuset in Longyearbyen (Svalbard), starting from 19:00. Below you will find a few...

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Arctic SGD

Submarine Groundwater Discharge in a Changing Arctic Region:
Scale and Biogeochemical impact

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