Narsaq International Research Station will function as a hub for the GreenFjord research programme’s six research clusters. The research station will function as an observatory for the project’s Atmosphere cluster and will also function as a project space working with the community of Narsaq

GreenFjord (Greenlandic Fjord ecosystems in a changing climate: socio-cultural and environmental interactions) is funded by a Swiss Polar Institute Flagship Grant and involves researchers from ten international research organisations.

• Cryosphere: glacier calving and impact on fjord water and nutrient circulation

• Ocean: physical and microbial characteristics of fjord systems

• Biosphere: determination of biodiversity by means of environmental DNA

• Atmosphere: influence of local natural emissions on cloud formation

• Land: export of terrestrial organic matter to the ocean

• Human: understanding the relationship between local livelihoods and fjord socio-ecosystems

Contact:

Julia.schmale@epfl.ch (PI and atmosphere lead)