
ARCTIC
PROJECTS
Our members are engaged in various projects, on-going and finished in the Arctic region. A full list of projects are available below.
This page is currently in-progress and will be continually updated with new projects.
Sedimentary Records of the Evolution of the Melville Bugt Ice Stream
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Palaeoglaciology
Palaeoclimatology
Keywords:
Greenland; Palaeoglaciology; Ice Streams

The recession of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in central Northwest Territories during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Terrestrial
Glacial Geology
Keywords:
Ice Sheet; Quaternary Geochronology; Climate Change
The spatiotemporal drainage system evolution of Breiðamerkurjökull and associated foreland
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Glacial geomorphology; glacial hydrology
Glacial geophysics; remote sensing
Keywords:
glacial hydrology; glacial geomorphology; glacial drainage systems; meltwater; temperate glacier; ground penetrating radar; UAV

The role of oceanographic processes and sedimentological settings on the deposition of microplastics in marine sediment: Icelandic waters
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Marine Pollution
Marine Geology, Oceanography
Keywords:
Microplastic; Shelf; Sediment; Raman spectroscopy; Microfiber

Constraining the Impact of Arctic Amplification in the Nordic Sea: A biogeochemical approach (CIAAN)
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Climate Change, Oceanography
Palaeoceanography, Marine Geochemistry
Keywords:
Essential Climate Variables (ECVs); North Atlantic Deepwater formation; Atlantification of Nordic Seas
INTAROS
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Arctic Observing
Keywords:
Arctic; Observation System
Blue-Action
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Marine
Climate, Atmosphere
Keywords:
Arctic; Climate System

CLIMADAPT: Adaptation to past and present Climate Change in Arctic-Alpine Plants
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Plant Phylogeography
Plant Ecophysiology; Plant-Soil Microbial Interactions
Keywords:
Climate Change; Arctic; Alphine; Adaptation; Vegetation
The Irish Impact? Charting the course for the development of Arctic and Northern Studies in Ireland
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Science, Library and Information Studies
History, archaeology, cultural and anthropological studies, Irish Foreign Policy and political science
Keywords:
Irish Foreign Policy, Library and Information Systems, History, Arctic and Northern Heritage

Arctic Mysteries: Searching for the John Franklin Expedition in Nineteenth-Century Culture
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
History of Exploration
Popular Culture
Keywords:
Northwest Passage; John Franklin; Arctic exploration; popular culture

SeabirdWatch
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Biodiversity, monitoring, seabirds, Citizen Science
Phenology, Climate Change
Keywords:
kittiwake; seabird; monitoring; citizen science
Cú Lir: A low cost, low carbon RV for Arctic research
Primary Research Area:
Secondary Research Area:
Design, construction and operation of small low carbon research vessels for marine science
Climate change, Arctic coastal and subsea permafrost, subsea clathrate deposits, high latitude coastal geomorphology and geology, training of young researchers
Keywords:
Research vessel, low carbon, marine geology, oceanography, Arctic climate change