METAFLUX

Mire Ecosystem Transition Area Flux

Coordinatore	LUNDS UNIVERSITET    more  Organization address address: Paradisgatan 5c city: LUND postcode: 22100 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Irma Cognome: Habermann Email: send email Telefono: +46 46 2224027 Fax: +46 46 2220321
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Sweden [SE]
Totale costo	241˙042 €
EC contributo	241˙042 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2012
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2012-10-01   -   2014-09-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	LUNDS UNIVERSITET  Organization address address: Paradisgatan 5c city: LUND postcode: 22100 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Irma Cognome: Habermann Email: send email Telefono: +46 46 2224027 Fax: +46 46 2220321	SE (LUND)	coordinator	241˙042.40

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Peatlands or mires contain about one third of this global terrestrial carbon pool which are located on between 3 and 6% of the global land area. In the boreal and sub-arctic areas permafrost covers about 18,782 x 103 km2 and peatlands or mires cover about 19% of this area. Observed mean annual air temperatures in these regions have increased by 2-3oC since the 1950s. Thawing permafrost leads to changes in the form and function of northern peatlands and is characterised by the transition of dry palsa mires to wetter peatland pits, depressions and pools. This project aims to use advance geospatial techniques (GIS, remote sensing and environmental modelling) to produce robust models that examine the impact of transition areas on the carbon balance of northern mire ecosystems.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU researchers are studying how climate change is affecting peatlands and mires in the Arctic Circle in order to improve models of global carbon flux.