NNA Track 2: Collaborative Research: The impact of climate change on Greenland's glacial fjords, ecosystems, and local communities

NNA 轨道 2：合作研究：气候变化对格陵兰岛冰川峡湾、生态系统和当地社区的影响

• 批准号: 1928007
• 负责人: Fiammetta Straneo
• 金额: $ 14.92万
• 依托单位: University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-11-01 至 2021-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1928007&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNA; Track; Collaborative; Research; impact

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. The Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, and integrates the co-production of knowledge. This award fulfills part of that aim.Hundreds of glaciers around the Arctic flow into ocean fjords that are several miles wide, tens of miles long, and thousands of feet deep. Glacial meltwater and sediments released into the fjords make their waters nutrient-rich to the extent that glacial fjords, all over the Arctic region, are characterized by prosperous marine ecosystems, featuring a high density of seabirds, marine mammals, and fishes. As a result, many Arctic settlements are located near glacial fjords that, through their ecosystems, support hunting and fishing and contribute to the regional economy. As the Arctic warms, however, glaciers are melting and retreating, and ocean waters are expected to warm, thus affecting these glacial fjord ecosystems and the human communities they support. Within this project, researchers will take advantage of new projections of how the glaciers and the ocean will change, combined with improved understanding of glacial fjords and their ecosystems, to investigate change at two distinct glacial fjords in Greenland. The long-term goal of this project is to provide relevant planning information to the two communities in Greenland and develop a method that can be applied to other communities around the Arctic.The international research team, composed of glaciologists, oceanographers, marine ecosystem scientists, and social scientists, will use available data and hold discussions with community members to identify the relevant socioecological system components and linkages for two glacial fjord systems, one in Northwest Greenland and one in Southeast Greenland. This systems understanding will be combined with glacier and local climate (ocean and atmosphere) projections to determine how climate projections can be optimally utilized for sustainable planning and adaptation. This research will involve synthesis of existing information and co-production of knowledge with the two communities. A final workshop involving Greenland Government officials and other Arctic organizations will be used to develop a framework that can be applied throughout the Arctic.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

NSF的10个大创意之一是导航新北极（NNA）。 NNA项目应对北极快速变化的融合科学挑战。需要进行北极研究，以告知国家，较大地区和全球的经济，安全和弹性。 NNA赋予从本地量表到国际规模的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，并整合了知识的共同生产。该奖项实现了这一目标的一部分。北极流入海峡谷周围的数百冰川，该海峡谷宽了几英里，长数英里和数千英尺深。散发到峡湾中的冰川融化和沉积物使它们的水富含营养丰富，以至于冰川峡湾在北极地区遍布整个北极地区，其特征是繁荣的海洋生态系统，具有高密度的海鸟，海洋哺乳动物和鱼类。结果，许多北极定居点位于冰川峡湾附近，通过其生态系统支持狩猎和捕鱼，并为区域经济做出贡献。然而，随着北极的温暖，冰川正在融化和撤退，海水预计会变暖，从而影响了这些冰川峡湾生态系统及其支持的人类社区。在该项目中，研究人员将利用新的预测，即冰川和海洋将如何变化，并改善对冰川峡湾及其生态系统的了解，研究格陵兰岛两个不同的冰川峡湾的变化。该项目的长期目标是向格陵兰岛的两个社区提供相关的计划信息，并开发一种可以应用于北极周围其他社区的方法。国际研究团队由冰川学家，海洋生态学家，海洋生态系统科学家和社会科学家组成，将与社区成员一起使用近乎相关的社会构造和链接，以识别与社区成员的一项可用数据，并将一个在格陵兰东南部。该系统的理解将与冰川和当地气候（海洋和气氛）预测相结合，以确定如何最佳地利用气候预测进行可持续的计划和适应。这项研究将涉及现有信息的综合以及与两个社区共同生产知识。涉及格陵兰政府官员和其他北极组织的最终研讨会将用于开发一个可以在整个北极进行应用的框架。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子评估来支持的，并具有更广泛的影响。