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research project Children Sleep-Wake Activity in Russian Arctic

Institute of Biology Karelian Research Center RAS

sergey_kolomeychuk@rambler.ru

Tyumen Medical University, Kola Science Center, North Western Medical University, Almazov Center Saint Petersburg

Murmansk Region, KArelia, Yamal, Arkhangelsk region, Khanty district

Parameters of sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness were studied in children aged 7-12 years living in the Arctic zone of Russia. 1032 persons participated in Phase I. No gender differences in daytime sleepiness were found. The delay in bedtime onset for most children is reported. Self-questionnaires revealed awakenings in the middle of the night in almost half of the children, and insomnia was mild or moderate in 43.3% of the examined children in the European North of Russia. We have shown that children's age affects the level of daytime sleepiness. Seasonal light variations had prominent effect on migratory population. Genetic studies on sleep-wake acivities are on the way.

https://porarctic.ru/projects/#1525682948604-ecd86a41-4db3

Sustainable Spatial Development in the AZRF European Sector and International Cooperation in the Arctic

Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Researc (FCIARctic), Arkhangelsk

European secotr of the Arctic

Jean-Daniel Paris; Boris D. Belan

LSCE (France); IAO-SB-RAS (Russia)

YAK-AEROSIB aims to better understand atmospheric composition (greenhouse gases and pollutants) through airborne in situ measurements

Physics of Auroral Phenomena

Polar Geophysical Institute

boris.kozelov@gmail.com

China, Finland, Japan, Russia

The Annual conference "Physics of Auroral Phenomena" is held in Apatity, Murmansk region, Russia, on February-March.
The organizer of the conference is the Polar Geophysical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science. The program of the seminar includes discussions of the rather wide circle of phenomena: Geomagnetic storms and substorms;Fields, Current, Particles in the magnetosphere; Waves, wave-particle interaction; The Sun, Solar wind, Cosmic rays;Ionosphere and upper atmosphere;Low atmosphere, Ozon; Heliobiosphere.
Basic problems of space plasma and atmosphere physics related to the above mentioned phenomena are discussed. Significant attention is also paid to the results of geophysical observations and instrumentation. Besides standard contributions (oral and poster), several invited speakers present lectures intended to educate young scientists. The official language of the Seminar is Russian. The English language may be used also. Simultaneous interpretation is not provided.

The 47th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods

Polar Geophysical Institute, Apatity, Murmansk region, Russia

Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA

Earth’s atmosphere from ground level to space

The Annual Meetings have been held every year without interruption since the early 1970s and attract scientists and graduate students from all European countries as well as Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the USA. The meetings aim to exchange experiences, share scientific results, as well as plan and coordinate ongoing and future research. Europe and its collaborators have a vibrant and diverse research community studying all aspects of the Earth’s atmosphere from ground level to space using optical methods, both active and passive. The 47th annual meeting will cover all aspects of atmospheric optical science, the various atmospheric layers (troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere), aerosols, clouds, airglows, dusty plasmas, the aurora, lightning.

Sessions (preliminary):
Novel Instruments and Methods,
Aurora, Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere Studies and Space Weather,
Mesosphere, D-region, Airglow, Noctilucent Clouds and Meteors,
Active Experiments and Plasma Physics,
Aerosols and Clouds, Transient Luminous Events, and Atmospheric Electricity.

Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX)

Markku Kulmala, Hanna K. Lappalainen

hanna.k.lappalainen@helsinki.fi

Moscow State University and several other institutes in Russia

China, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial

PEEX "Pan-Eurasian Experiment" study is a multidisciplinary climate change, air quality, environment and research infrastructure program focused on the Northern Eurasian particularly arctic and boreal regions. It is a bottom up initiative by several European, Russian and Chinese research organizations and institutes. PEEX is open for new institutes to join in.

https://www.atm.helsinki.fi/peex/index.php/2-uncategorised/60-home

Scientific Meeting, Scientific Research, Books and book series

Pan-Arctic Options: Holistic Integration for Arctic Coastal-Marine Sustainability

Science Diplomacy Center, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Univesity

Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Russia, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, United Nations

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial

This project on “Holistic Integration for Arctic Coastal-Marine Sustainability” received funding in 2013 from the ArcSEES (Arctic Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability) program and became known operationally as ARCTIC OPTIONS. The geographic scope of this international, interdisciplinary and inclusive (holistic) project encompassed the Bering Strait Region, Barents Sea Region, and Arctic High Seas with analytic focus on governance mechanisms (laws, agreements and policies as well as regulatory strategies, including insurance, at diverse jurisdictional levels). This project included partners in the United States and France. Throughout, the project recognized sustainability as a matter of balancing: (1) environmental protection, economic prosperity and social equity; (2) urgencies of the present and needs of the future; and (3) national interests and common interests to promote cooperation and prevent conflict. In 2015, ARCTIC OPTIONS was formally integrated through the National Science Foundation with the PAN-ARCTIC OPTIONS project (also focusing on “Holistic Integration for Arctic Coastal-Marine Sustainability”) with expanded: (1) geographic scope to cover the entire coastal-marine region north of the Arctic Circle; and (2) conceptual scope to include built infrastructure (fixed, mobile and other assets, including communication, research, observing, information and other systems that require technology plus investment). PAN-ARCTIC OPTIONS received funding through the Belmont Forum with additional program partners in Canada, China, Norway and the Russian Federation. These two intertwined projects considered options (without advocacy), which can be used or ignored explicitly, as practical solutions co-produced with decisionmakers through an holistic process of common-interest building, in contrast to recommendations involving advocacy and often-polarizing agendas navigated by conflict resolution. Both projects centered on the development of science diplomacy as an holistic process, characterizing science as the ‘study of change’ to include natural sciences, social sciences and Indigenous knowledge, all of which reveal patterns, trends and processes (albeit with different methodologies) that support decisions. The ARCTIC OPTIONS project leveraged additional resources and created momentum with accelerating knowledge co-production that justified three no-cost extensions through 2019. Synergies from these holistic projects catalyzed the 2016 development of the first Science Diplomacy Center in the world in an academic institution, which co-convened the first dialogues with the Foreign Ministry Science and Technology Advisory Network, involving dozens of foreign ministries that together distilled the framework of a ‘continuum of urgencies’ from security time scales (mitigating risks of economic, environmental and societal instabilities that are immediate) to sustainability time scales (balancing environmental protection, economic prosperity and societal well-being across generations). This operational framework for informed decisions is memorialized in the new serial, Science Diplomacy Action, with co-authorship from foreign ministries. Together, these holistic projects also introduced the oldest and longest continuous satellite record of Arctic ship traffic, derived from Automatic Identification System (AIS) data collected by SpaceQuest Ltd. from 1 September 2009 through 31 December 2016. Analyses using these ‘big data’ (with more than 120,000,000 data points) involved the ESRI ‘Space-Time Cube’ as a Geographic Information System (GIS) solution implemented in the cloud with Google ‘BigQuery’ to generate results in seconds with nominal costs. Results have been interpreted quantitatively as the basis for Next-Generation Arctic Marine Shipping Assessments. Syntheses emanating from ARCTIC OPTIONS – including the concept of ‘ecopolitical regions’ (biophysical areas are bisected by jurisdictional boundaries) – are elaborated in Governing Arctic Seas: Regional Lessons from the Bering Strait and Barents Sea, which is the first volume in a new book Springer book series on Informed Decisionmaking for Sustainability. Triangulation with research, education and leadership is further reflected by diverse: (1) peer-reviewed journal publications, including in Science (“The Arctic Science Agreement Propels Science Diplomacy”); (2) high-level dialogues, including with the President and Foreign Minister of Iceland, ambassadors from Arctic and non-Arctic states, Senior Arctic Officials, leaders of Indigenous Peoples Organizations, and heads of international Arctic science programs; and (3) education activities, including: the Science Diplomacy Thematic Network through the University of the Arctic; a joint video-conferencing course on “Science Diplomacy” between American and Russian institutions; and the Science Diplomacy: Dissertation Enhancement Workshop series in Boston. In addition, facilitating international transparency, these holistic projects produced the comprehensive Baseline of Russian Arctic Laws that was published by Springer as the authentic English translation all Russian Arctic laws since the early 19th century. The theory, methods and skills of informed decisionmaking are a legacy of ARCTIC OPTIONS, involving close coupling between governance mechanisms and built infrastructure to achieve progress with sustainable development, which is a ‘common Arctic issue’ (as identified in the 1996 Ottawa Declaration that established the Arctic Council). Broader impacts of the projects are additionally highlighted by adoption of science diplomacy and its engine of informed decisionmaking as a component of diplomatic training from the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) as well as with individual national diplomatic academies, involving informed decisionmaking to balance national interests and common interests for the benefit of all on Earth across generations.

https://sites.tufts.edu/sciencediplomacy/

Since 2008, Prof. Alexander N. Vylegzhanin (Head, International Law Programme) at MGIMO University has been the primary Russian collaborator, resulting in many other collaborations and activities regularly across the Russian Federation.

Microplastic pollution study of the Russian Arctic seas

Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Monitoring of plastic pollution of water and bottom sediments in the Russian Arctic seas. Developing the cost-effective methods of water sampling on board the vessel and adaptation of European water sample treatments and analysis methods for the conditions of highly-productive Arctic seas.

Specialized laboratory PlasticLab

Scientific Meeting, Scientific Research

Petrology, mineralogy of Archean rocks, alkaline rocks and environmental study of the Kola region

Maria Curie - Sklodowska University, Poland

grossular107umcs@gmail.com

Russianm Academy of Sciences, Murmansk Arctic State University

mineralogy, petrography, environmental study

997/5000
My research has been conducted since 1999, when for the first time as a student I went to the region of Kola. Since then, they participate in scientific expeditions every year as an organizer. At that time I wrote my master's thesis, doctoral dissertation and now my habilitation. My main topic is mineralogical, petrographic, geotectonic and stable isotope studies. I analyzed the evolution of the Kola-Lapland Mobile Belt, studied the petrology of the Khibina, Lovoziero, Africanda massifs and many smaller ones, I dealt with petrography of 3.75Ga from Murmansk gneisses and BIF formation with Oleniegorska, the evolution of Lapland Granulite Belt of the Kandalaksha Region (master's thesis and PhD thesis).
Recently, I have also been dealing with geotourism issues, including the possibility of creating a geopark. I am currently researching various regions of the Kola Peninsula. I work with Russian scientists from Murmansk, St. Petersburg, Apatites and geologists from GFZ Potsdam, PGI Warsaw and many others. More information I can send via email.

http://www.mahuber.com

I am the author of 154 publications (6 IF), 10 monographs, 11 chapters and 13 inventions. I also have extensive experience in spreading broadly understood popular science activities (exhibitions, lectures, etc.). I am an open person and I would like to make new contacts also for the purposes of scientific cooperation related to the Kola area.

Тяжелые металлы в пищевых цепях

Меньшакова Мария Юрьевна

Мурманский арктический государственный университет

ООО "Мурманэкопроект" АО "Ковдорский ГОК"

Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial

Проект направлен на изучение аккумуляции тяжелых металлов живыми организмами, выявление видов-гипераккумуляторов, изучение механизмов процесса гипераккумуляции и оценку путей практического использования гипераккумуляторов

Кормовая база северного оленя в Мурманской области

Меньшакова Мария Юрьевна

Мурманский арктический государственный университет

ООО "Мурманэкопроект"

Social & Human, Terrestrial

Проект направлен на изучение современного состояния кормовой базы северного оленя: выявление случаем перевыпаса, разработку научных основ определения оленеемкости, выявление токсичных веществ в растениях, составляющих кормовую базу северного оленя

Methodological approaches to the development of a system for monitoring the energy security of the regions of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation for making managerial decisions on the formation of macroeconomic strategies

Siberian Federal University

burmenko.tatiana@yandex.ru

Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation

The relevance of developing the theoretical and methodological foundations of a system for monitoring the national security of the regions of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) is due to the needs of modernization of the state strategic management system of the AZRF in the context of increasing external and internal threats, as well as the practical significance of timely assessment and prevention of crisis phenomena at the level of the entire Arctic subject , and at the level of regions of the Russian Arctic.
In the context of a continuous increase in energy consumption and a gradual reduction in mineral resources, the issues of energy security, which, in turn, is one of the components of the national security of the Russian Federation, become relevant.
The explored reserves of mineral resources on the Arctic shelf suggest that those states that will have access to the Arctic territories, have technological solutions for the extraction of resources, their processing and transportation, will be able to provide stable conditions for socio-economic development. Energy security is associated not only with mineral resources, but also with the economic well-being of the population, as well as with internal political and social stability. Thus, the central issue for modern research in the field of energy security is the identification and study of the links between energy systems and socio-economic indicators of the Russian Arctic regions development .

Study of methane emission from Arctic seas using satellites

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Ira Leifer (BRI, CA, USA), Frank Muller-Karger (USF, FL, USA)

Satellite data compared with measurements of concentrations and fluxes of methane in the Arctic. Main conclusions. In summer methane flux is negligible. In autumn - early winter emission from seas are comparable with summer-autumn emission from land. The flux is regulated by sea mixing intensity and by variations in ice concentration. In Barents-Kara seas since 2003 the flux tripled in response to quadrupling of ice-free areas.

Tundra research at Chokurdakh Scientific Tundra Station

Wageningen University & Research

monique.heijmans@wur.nl

Institute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, SB RAS, Yakutsk, and VU University Amsterdam

northeastern Siberia (Yakutia)

Since 2007 we have been doing research on how changes in vegetation, such as shrub expansion, influence seasonal thawing of permafrost. Using field experiments, field monitoring and high-resolution satellite images we monitor changes in the lowland tundra landscape resulting from abrupt permafrost thaw. We also use dendrochronology to link shrub growth rates to climatic variations. We measure greenhouse gas emissions to assess the impacts of abrupt permafrost thaw and recovery of the vegetation on the greenhouse gas balance.

https://eu-interact.org/field-sites/chokurdakh-scientific-tundra-station/

Read more about our research in this publication: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11104-017-3369-8

Master Program Polar and Marine Sciences POMOR

Dr. G. Cherkaschev, Dr. EM Pfeiffer, Dr. H. Kassens

Universities of Saint Petersburg and Hamburg, GEOMAR

Universities of Bremen, Potsdam, Kiel, AWI, IOW

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial

POMOR is a double degree research-oriented interdisciplinary master program at Saint Petersburg State University and Hamburg University in close cooperation with the universities of Bremen, Kiel and Potsdam, Hamburg University of Technology, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende.
During the two first terms, lectures, seminars and practical trainings are held at the Institute of Earth Sciences of the St. Petersburg State University, at the Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and at other Russian partner institutions. After the second term the students complete their field practice participating in current research projects, in international expeditions to the Arctic or being trained at the partner research institutions. The third term is completed at one of the partner universities in Germany: in Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel or Potsdam. During the fourth term students are working on their master thesis.
German and Russian lecturers hold the courses and supervise the master theses together. After the master thesis defence the students are awarded a Master of Science of Hamburg University and St. Petersburg State University.
Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), POMOR was established in 2001. Since 2007 POMOR has been funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, DAAD, the universities of St. Petersburg, Hamburg, Bremen, Kiel and Potsdam, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.
The master program is internationally accredited at Hamburg University.

Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research

Dr Vasily Povashnyy and Dr. Heidemarie Kassens

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg

povazhny@aari.ru; hkassens@geomar.de

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Terrestrial

The Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research (OSL) was founded in 1999. Hosted at the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute" (AARI) in St. Petersburg, the OSL provides a basis for coordination and development of the research projects carried out within the framework of the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation in Marine and Polar Research between the Russian Ministry of Education and Science and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Its mission is to support and develop research activities in the field of polar and marine research with a focus on the qualification of young scientists. Since its opening, the OSL has provided scientists, PhD students and undergraduates from more than forty German and Russian universities and research institutes with a platform for their joint research.

https://www.otto-schmidt-laboratory.de/

CATS – The Changing Arctic Transpolar System

Dr. Heidemarie Kassens & Dr. Vladimir Ivanov

AWI, Universities of Moscow, Trier and Kiel

With the Russian-German research project „CATS – The Changing Arctic Transpolar System“, a consortium of 10 research institutions and universities in Russia and Germany aims to assess how climate change will affect the highly sensitive Arctic environment and to what extent these changes may impact the climate in Europe. The main research region is the western Laptev Sea shelf and continental slope, Vilkitsky Strait and Severnaya Zemlya (ice base Cape Baranov), located in the Russian EEZ. The project is funded by the German and Russian Ministries for Education Sciences.

https://www.transdrift.info/

SeIsmicity and neOtectonics of the LAptev sea region (SIOLA)

Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Wolfram.Geissler@awi.de

Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow; Yakutsk Branch Federal Research Centre Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Science, Yakutsk; University of Potsdam, Potsdam; GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience Helmholtz Centre Potsdam; Trofimuk Institute for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk ,

Laptev Sea, Lena Delta, Buor Khaja, Verkhoyansk Mts.

The main goal of the ongoing study is to investigate the geodynamic processes of the continental Laptev Sea Rift and their major tectonic zones to better describe the amagmatic rifting and its consequences in an Arctic and global context. It is also intended to identify active fault zones that might influence methane degassing at the seafloor and onshore. Furthermore, it is planned to study seismicity related to permafrost.

Multiplatform remote sensing of the impact of climate change on northern forests of Russia.

Scott Polar Resaerch Institute, University of Cambride

Moscow State University, Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Space Science of Russian Academy of Sciences, British Antarctic Survey

Latitude 60-70 N, longitude 30-180 E

We aim to develop and apply new technologies, based on airborne and spaceborne imaging and ground surveys, climate measurements and modelling, to understand changes in the forests of northern Russia since 2000. Northern forests are extremely sensitive to climate change, and are important not just as indicators but also because of their contribution to global biosystems and biodiversity, supporting traditional land management, and as economic resources. New possibilities have been created by research on climate data from northern Russia combined with long datasets of coarse-resolution satellite data, high-resolution imaging systems, airborne imaging (‘drone’) technologies and in situ measurements of the optical properties of plant material with unprecedented levels of spectral detail, and the proposed team has been at the forefront of these recent developments. The research proposed here should enable us to describe and explain changes in forest distribution since 2000 and predict future impacts.

Expanding Moscow-Cambridge links in Arctic ecological science and outreach

Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Moscow State University, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Space Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, British Antarctic Survey

Latitude 60-70 N, longitude 30-180 E

To enhance long-term research links between academic institutions in Moscow, Russia, and Cambridge, UK, foster new links and ideas, train young scientists and provide science outreach activities for the wider scientific audience and general public in both countries

Climate-change effects on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and the impacts on Northern Societies (CLINF)

Professor Birgitta Evengård

Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (UMU) Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (SSI) National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden (SVA) Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (SU) Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland (FMI) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden (SLU) Nord University, Bodö, Norway (NO) Norut Northern Research Institute Ltd. Tromsö, Norway (NORUT)

Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA

Social & Human, Terrestrial

the Nordic Region and Russia

The CLINF Nordic Centre of Excellence investigates the effects of climate change on the prevalence of infectious diseases in humans and animals in Northern regions and predicts the impact that changed risks of infections may have on northern societies, their Culture, and their economy. CLINF research covers the geographic area from Nuuk in Greenland to Yakutsk in eastern Siberia. The conditions and influencing factors for climate-sensitive infectious diseases in the North are addressed in a set of five interlinked work packages and 12 multidisciplinary research teams

DIMA Developing Innovative Multiproxy Analyses

Maarten van Hardenbroek

maarten.vanhardenbroek@ncl.ac.uk

Mary Edwards, University of Southampton, and see https://research.ncl.ac.uk/dima/institutions/

Siberia and Russian Far East

DIMA (Developing Innovative Multiproxy Analyses—in Siberia and the Russian Far East) is a UK-Russian palaeoenvironmental research network, started in September 2018. So far, we had meetings in Magadan, Tomsk, and Southampton. At present 16 institutions from SRFE and 10 from the UK participate in this network. Together, we have a wealth of expertise and experience in reconstructing environments of the past.

https://research.ncl.ac.uk/dima/

Interdisciplinary field course

The UK Polar Network and APECS Russia: seeking and strengthening the next generation of Arctic scientists

Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (FRC KSC RAS)

UK Polar Network, APECS Russia, Faculty of Geography Lomonosov Moscow State University, Luzin Institute for Economic Studies, Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems, NERC Arctic Office UK, British Embassy in Moscow, UK Science and Innovation Network in Russia, Yugra State University, Knipovich Polar Research Institute on Marine Fisheries and Oceanography

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial

Russian Arctic: Murmansk region

This project aims to strengthen the practical knowledge of future generations of UK and Russian scientists in the sphere of Russian Arctic Science. Such practical knowledge will enhance the relative expertise for both groups, with particular opportunities for UK participants to better understand and build stronger connections in Russian Arctic research. We plan to undertake a field training course in the Murmansk region (Arctic zone of Russia) which has good transport accessibility. The territory of region spreads from the White Sea to the Barents Sea and involves different scientific areas, from marine environments to industrial infrastructures and human dimensions, including indigenous populations. It presents the unique opportunity to experience the Russian Arctic ‘in the field’ through an interdisciplinary lens. The field course will be a mixture of field and career training including breakout discussions. Implementation of such a course will help gain onsite local knowledge on how to conduct successful research work in the Russian Arctic. As a result of this field course we plan to deliver 5 “Russian Arctic Science Project Work Packages” within Marine, Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Terrestrial and Social fields by developing 10 concept bids (2 per each field) for collaborative projects. This goal is flexible and will be based on ground observations.

https://ukrussiaarctic.wordpress.com/arctis/

Interdisciplinary field course

The UK Polar Network and APECS Russia: Bridging the gap for the next generation of polar experts across Arctic peripheries and scales

Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (FRC KSC RAS)

UK Polar Network, APECS Russia, Yugra State University, Luzin Institute for Economic Studies KSC RAS, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, British Embassy Moscow, UK Science and Innovation Network in Russia, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, British Antarctic Survey, NERC Arctic Office, Institute for complex Arctic studies FCIArctic, Scientific Research Center for Corporate Law, Governance and Venture Investments of Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University, University of Bristol, Tyumen State University, Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMCES SB RAS), FCIArctic - Federal Center for Intigrated Arctic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial

Russian Arctic and Siberia: Khanty-Mansiysk region

The Russian Arctic remains understudied within the international scientific scope leading to challenges for the global research community. Physical diversities and challenges of Arctic territories within Russia need further understanding, especially transitional environments under rapidly changing climate conditions, that affect Arctic stakeholders. APECS Russia and UKPN workshops identified that greater understanding of the region, and local connections and perspectives, are crucial to increase future study opportunities for UK researchers and to encourage Russian Arctic researchers to integrate within the wider community. The practical challenges identified at these workshops, such as logistics and permits, began to be addressed during the ARCTIS2019 course. However, UK researchers still experience these challenges, and with more than 100 applications received, there are many early career researchers (ECRs) who will benefit from such a unique opportunity. There are no projects with similar outcomes in the Russian Arctic.
This project will build on the successes of ARCTIS2019, a strongly interdisciplinary field course, with theoretical and networking aspects. This will lead to a wider shared knowledge base and strong bilateral scientific links, which will continue to support overcoming barriers and promote collaboration in the future, between UK and Russian researchers, whilst impacting the future of Arctic sustainability.

https://ukrussiaarctic.wordpress.com/arctis/

Scientific Meeting, Scientific Research

Helmholtz – RSF Joint Research Group: The linkage between POLar air-sea ice-ocean interaction, Arctic climate change and Northern hemisphere weather and climate EXtremes (POLEX)

Germany: Dr. Dörthe Handorf (PI), Dr. Christof Lüpkes (Co-PI), Russia: Prof. Michael Kurgansky (PI), Dr. Alexander Chernokulsky (Co-PI)

Germany: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Russia: A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Germany:doerthe.handorf@awi.de Russia:kurgansk@ifaran.ru

During the past decade, a large number of extreme weather events in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes occurred with hazardous impacts on traffic, economy, and ecosystems. Recent studies emphasize that accelerated and amplified Arctic climate change can increase the probability of preferred mid-latitude atmospheric circulation patterns which favor extreme events in mid- and high latitudes.
To date, climate models have still large deficits in reproducing the observed Arctic circulation and sea ice development, which is partly due to shortcomings in the representation of physical processes governing air-sea ice-ocean interaction. The improved representation of Arctic atmospheric processes in climate models is therefore a fundamental contribution to advance the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the linkages between Arctic climate changes, changes in the mid-latitude atmospheric circulation and subsequent changes in extreme events.
Air-sea ice-ocean interaction is connected in particular with boundary-layer turbulence in the lowest layers above the surface. Most climate models are currently using parametrizations developed for mid-latitude conditions not appropriate for polar regions. Our project aims to overcome this drawback by introducing a new suite of parametrizations specifically designed for polar conditions.
These new parametrizations will be implemented in a regional and a global climate model. We will investigate and quantify the impact of the improved physical representation of polar air-sea ice-ocean interaction on the variability and changes of Arctic atmospheric circulation, Arctic sea ice and mid-latitude atmospheric circulation. Therefore we investigate the full chain of dynamical linkages between Arctic climate changes and weather and climate extremes. On the other hand, we will assess the subsequent recent and future changes in extreme events in the key regions of the Arctic, Middle Europe and Russia, which are important for reliable assessments of potential environmental and socio-economic impacts.

https://www.awi.de/en/science/climate-sciences/atmospheric-physics/projects/polex.html

Scientific Meeting, Scientific Research

QUAntifying Rapid Climate Change in the Arctic: regional feedbackS and large-scale impacts - QUARCCS Synthese (Joint project funded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and by Ministry of Education & Science of the Russian Federation)

German PI: Dr. Annette Rinke, Russian PI: Prof. Igor Mokhov

Germany: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Russia: Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

annette.rinke@awi.de mokhov@ifaran.ru

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI, ), St. Petersburg; Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (IO), RAS, Moscow

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine

The proposed joint research project between the three German AWI research sections in Potsdam (AWI-AC) and Bremerhaven (AWI-SP, AWI-PBO) and 3 Russian institutions, IAPRAS, AARI and IORAS focusses on the following 5 main topics:
• Quantification of spatio-temporal variability and trend in key Arctic atmospheric and sea ice variables based on satellite and in-situ data sets (WP1)
• Regional feedback mechanisms responsible for Arctic climate change (WP2)
• Interaction between Arctic climate change and atmospheric circulation in the Northern Hemisphere (WP3)
• Cyclone and wind-wave activities influencing sea ice dynamics and risk of navigation along Northern Sea routes (WP4)
• Impact of Arctic sea ice and cyclones on biodiversity and productivity of the Arctic marine biota (WP5)

https://www.awi.de/en/science/climate-sciences/atmospheric-physics/projects/quarccs.html

Interdisciplinary field course

The UK Polar Network and APECS Russia: Bridging the gap for the next generation of polar experts across Arctic peripheries and scales

Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (FRC KSC RAS)

UK Polar Network, APECS Russia, Yugra State University, Luzin Institute for Economic Studies KSC RAS, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, British Embassy Moscow, UK Science and Innovation Network in Russia, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, British Antarctic Survey, NERC Arctic Office, Institute for complex Arctic studies FCIArctic, Scientific Research Center for Corporate Law, Governance and Venture Investments of Pitirim Sorokin Syktyvkar State University, University of Bristol, Tyumen State University, Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMCES SB RAS), FCIArctic - Federal Center for Intigrated Arctic Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Marine, Social & Human, Terrestrial

Russian Arctic and Siberia: Khanty-Mansiysk region

The Russian Arctic remains understudied within the international scientific scope leading to challenges for the global research community. Physical diversities and challenges of Arctic territories within Russia need further understanding, especially transitional environments under rapidly changing climate conditions, that affect Arctic stakeholders. APECS Russia and UKPN workshops identified that greater understanding of the region, and local connections and perspectives, are crucial to increase future study opportunities for UK researchers and to encourage Russian Arctic researchers to integrate within the wider community. The practical challenges identified at these workshops, such as logistics and permits, began to be addressed during the ARCTIS2019 course. However, UK researchers still experience these challenges, and with more than 100 applications received, there are many early career researchers (ECRs) who will benefit from such a unique opportunity. There are no projects with similar outcomes in the Russian Arctic.
This project will build on the successes of ARCTIS2019, a strongly interdisciplinary field course, with theoretical and networking aspects. This will lead to a wider shared knowledge base and strong bilateral scientific links, which will continue to support overcoming barriers and promote collaboration in the future, between UK and Russian researchers, whilst impacting the future of Arctic sustainability.

https://ukrussiaarctic.wordpress.com/arctis/

TRain - Tundra Rainfall Experiment

Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

gabriela.schaepman@ieu.uzh.ch

Elena Plekhanova, Raleigh Grykso, Jacqueline Oehri

The Arctic is undergoing amplified climate change and forecasts predict increased warming and precipitation in the future. How changes in precipitation affect the vegetation composition, surface energy fluxes and permafrost thaw is still uncertain. To increase our understanding of ecosystem structure and functions under future conditions, we set up TRain, the tundra rainfall experiment at the longterm Kytalyk research site in the Indigirka lowlands (close to Chokurdakh, Yakutia). Extreme drought (precipitation) is simulated by removing (adding) a predetermined fraction of ambient precipitation from (to) the test plots. Control plots, where ambient precipitation is not modified, are used as a baseline. Selection of the 30 plots with a size of 2.5x2.5m2, soil sampling, and installation of below-ground sensors were performed during the past two summers, while setup of shelters and water-addition installations were completed early July 2019.
With our results on vegetation composition, plant strategies through trait expression, active layer thickness, and energy budget behavior change under future summer precipitation scenarios, we expect to inform mechanistic and statistic modeling of species distributions, ecosystem functions, and climate feedback in the Arctic tundra.

https://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/research/ecology/spatial/projects/energy_fluxes.html

Status and trends in plant diversity and species interactions across the Russian Arctic Tundra

University of Zurich, Switzerland

vitalii.zemlianskii@ieu.uzh.ch

Ksenia Ermokhina, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub

This project assesses and integrates published geobotanical data of the Russian Arctic to perform a synthesis of plant biodiversity across the Russian Arctic tundra. It is a collaborative project with several Russian scientists and their institutions involved. The project is closely linked to the Russian section of the international Arctic Vegetation Archive.

Post-fire forest recruitment failure in Siberia

University of Leicester, UK

kirsten.barrett@leicester.ac.uk

Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk branch

Siberia (currently Yakutia and Buryatia)

Investigation of the incidence of post-fire recruitment failure in Siberian forest. Wildfire disturbances effect changes in vegetation communities that in turn influence climate. Warmer, drier conditions may lead to shorter fire-return intervals and greater burn severity that may, in turn, drive forests to steppe vegetation at a greater rate than has occured prior to the onset of warming and drying. The project uses a combination of field data and remotely sensed indices of vegetation and moisture to distinguish between recruitment pathways.

See 2020 paper published in Remote Sensing of Environment 237: (2020) 111539

Drilling of permafrost deposits

Dr Grigoriy Savvinov, Science Research Institute of Applied Ecology of the North, North-East Federal University, 43 Lenin Avenue, Yakutsk 677007, Russia

Batagay megaslump, Sakha Republic

67° 34′ 49.8″N; 134° 46′ 19.3″E

Two boreholes were drilled in March 2020 to depths of ~71 m through Pleistocene permafrost deposits. The frozen sediment cores are now stored in the Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, awaiting examination by Prof. Julian Murton, to determine analytical procedures for a project focusing on high-resolution palaeoenvironmental analysis.