NORWAY Daniel P. Rasse and Helen K. French
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Ecosystems
Floristic regions
Source: http://www.thefullwiki.org/Geography_of_Norway ANAEE kick‐off meeting, Versailles 14‐16 November 2012
Mean Temperature (C)
Ecosystems
Annual Precipitation (mm)
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Past experience: acid rain and climate research The CLIMEX PROJECT
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New burning questions The preservation of cultural landscapes in a changing climate
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Burning question : fate of discontinuous permafrost landscape and impact on GHG ?
CH4
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CO2
CO2
Burning questions Plant disease in a wetter climate
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Burning question: ice damage to crops and ecosystems Spring ice damage reduces summer CO2 uptake
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The proposed BIOKLIMA ecotron As a tool for answering these critical questions
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.. with focus on cold climate
National Infrastructure for Studying Climate Effects in Natural and Agro-ecosystems
Precipitation: Rain / Snow
Multiple scales Atmosphere: gas Energy: Temperature and radiation
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.. with focus on cold climate
National Infrastructure for Studying Climate Effects in Natural and Agro-ecosystems
Precipitation: Rain / Snow
Multiple scales Atmosphere: gas Energy: Temperature and In line with «Climate 21st», startegy of the radiation Norwegian Government for Climate Research
Establish and further develop critical infrastructures for research and monitoring ANAEE kick‐off meeting, Versailles 14‐16 November 2012
Food and Forest Products Expected impacts of climate change: II. Food and forest products
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Frost heave, floods and water quality
Expected impacts of climate change III. Frost heave, floods and water quality
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Greenhouse gasses
Expected impacts of climate change: IV: Greenhouse gasses
Uptake of CO2 by winter wheat under freezing conditions.
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Design of the proposed facility
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Design of the proposed facility E.g. Permafrost study facility
Total estimated cost for the entire facility: 125 million euros
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Other Contributions: Apelsvoll station (candidate iLTER)
The aim of the Apelsvoll Cropping System Experiment is to study nutrient and pesticide leaching as well as yields, yield quality and economy at the cropping system level, and the systems should be improved with regard to ANAEE kick‐off meeting, Versailles 14‐16 environmental impacts. November 2012
Other Contributions: Andøya GHG station (candidate ICOS) First greenhouse gas monitoring station in Norway Fully operational for CO2 fluxes since 2008 (and CH4 since 2012)
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Research Networking Programme
Natural molecular structures as drivers and tracers of terrestrial C fluxes A Research Networking Programme of the European Science Foundation (2008‐2013) ANAEE kick‐off meeting, Versailles 14‐16 November 2012
Database / Molecular computational tools “The development of international libraries and high‐performance computational databases for molecular SOM research will be necessary to take advantage of new molecular tools and create synthesis across analytical platforms” Schmidt et al., Nature (2011) General goal: Produce a widely‐used online resource ‐ generate the scientific synergies and advance European research in the field of soil molecular research ‐ help our understanding of the complexity and composition of SOM
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Database / Molecular computational tool May 2010 : Exploratory MOLTER workshop in Oslo.
October 2012 : kick‐off of pilot MOLTER‐DB at SOM 5..
http://molterdb.irstea.fr/index.html
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Summary The potential Norwegian contribution to ICOS will consist of: 1) The BIOKLIMA ecotron 2) Field stations in unique environments: – –
e.g. Apelsvoll long‐term crop research (common with iLTER) e.g. Andøya mire GHG flux station (common with ICOS)
3) Expertise in: – –
Computational tools for integrating environmental data (e.g. MOLTER‐DB) Evaluation of European research capacities for impact studies (e.g. EXPEER)
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Thanks for your attention.
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