Productivity and Biogeochemistry of terrestrial ice-bound ecosystems of the maritime Antarctic.
Lead Research Organisation:
Northumbria University
Department Name: Fac of Health and Life Sciences
Abstract
Please see lead proposal
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| David Pearce (Principal Investigator) | |
| Peter Convey (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Hodson A
(2017)
Climatically sensitive transfer of iron to maritime Antarctic ecosystems by surface runoff.
in Nature communications
Hodson A
(2017)
Microbes influence the biogeochemical and optical properties of maritime Antarctic snow Antarctic Snow Biogeochemistry
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Hodson A
(2021)
Marked Seasonal Changes in the Microbial Production, Community Composition, and Biogeochemistry of Glacial Snowpack Ecosystems in the Maritime Antarctic
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
Redeker KR
(2017)
Microbial metabolism directly affects trace gases in (sub) polar snowpacks.
in Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
| Description | Microbes can metabolise potentially climate active gasses in the snowpack |
| Exploitation Route | The findings demonstrate the potential importance of mcirobes in ice and snow communities and their potential for influencing downstream environmental function. This preliminary work has led to subsequent projects (e.g. ACE, BIOICE) to help understand the role and importance of microorganisms in glacial ecosystems. |
| Sectors | Environment |
| Description | Raise the role and importance of the polar regions |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Environment |
| Impact Types | Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition |
| Amount | £47,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | Bioair Project 6 |
| Organisation | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Blue Ice Oases of Microbial Life on the Antarctic Ice Sheet (BIOICE) |
| Amount | kr 426,000 (NOK) |
| Organisation | Research Council of Norway |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Norway |
| Start | 05/2019 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this workshop is to bring together interdisciplinary Antarctic research expertise to discuss the fate of nutrients that have accumulated in Antarctic snow and glacier ice. We also wish to discuss the in-situ and "downstream" processes that govern the export and potential impact of nutrients to ice marginal ecosystems such as the oceans. Emphasis will be given to the relevant processes during the first day of the workshop, leading to a presentation of the key tools for quantifying cryospheric change, biogeochemical fluxes and Antarctic ecosystem response in the second. Thereafter, we will identify crucial research needs and strategies for the next ten years. 09:00-10.00: Registration and coffee 10:00-10:30: About the workshop including the timetable, layout and scope 11.00-13:00: Session 1: Microbiology 11.00-11.30 Marie Sabacka - Microbial processes in glacier snowpacks in maritime Antarctica 11.30-12:00 Iordanis Magiopoulos - Bacterial diversity and detection in Antarctic snow and ice 12.00-12.30 Chris Bellas - Virus induced mortality in cryoconite and it's implications for glacial run off 12.30-13.00 David Pearce - Microbial biogeography and what it means to ecosystem function 13:00-14:00: Lunch 14:00-15:30: Session 2: Fluxes 14.00-14.30 Andrew Hodson - Glacial run-off and marine fertilization 14.30-15.00 Amy Jowett - An optimised temperature parameterisation for use in Greenland ice sheet mass balance modelling: 1870-2013 15.00-15.30 Andrew Sole - Effects of ice sheet runoff on submarine melt rates and circulation in Greenlandic fjords 15:30-16:00: Coffee break 16:00-17:30: Discussion: i) horizon scan (16.00) and ii) tackling the big questions (16.45) 19:00-: Dinner & socializing (Pub on Northumberland Road by the Wok Inn then Las Iguanas) Day 2: Ellison Building A002 / Rutherford Hall 09:00-10:30 Session 3: Tools and technology 09.00-09.30 Andrew Hodson - Towards a regional study - the melting cryosphere 09.30-10.00 Chris Cardwell - NOC - Engineering for Oceanography 10.00-10.30 Pete Convey - Polar Fieldwork Opportunities - working with the British Antarctic Survey 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 11:00-13:00 Session 4: Ecological processes 11.00-11.30 Stuart Dunning - Landslides, hillslope processes and relief evolution 11.30-12.00 Nick Rutter - Modelling temporal and spatial variation of snowpack 12.00-12.30 Benjamin Brock - Direct measurement of surface carbon fluxes using an eddy covariance system: inferences on microbial activity in supraglacial rock debris 12.30-13.00 Justin Perry (Postdoc) - Developing technologies 13:00-14:00: Lunch 14:00 - 15:00: Session 5: 14.00-14.30 Ros De'Ath - The Antarctic ice sheet and fertilization of the Southern Ocean 14.30-15.00 Edward Hanna - Modelling snow melt runoff 15:00-16:00: Discussion groups 16:00-16.30: Synthesis: Research needs and opportunities 16:30-17:00: Closing Remarks |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.ecoantarctica.group.shef.ac.uk |