Essays about: "Greenland"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 111 essays containing the word Greenland.

  1. 21. Estimating active layer thickness at the high Arctic study site Zackenberg from remotely sensed ground subsidence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lotte Wendt; [2021]
    Keywords : active layer thickness; DInSAR; subsidence; permafrost; Zackenberg; CALM; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The active layer thickness (ALT) is an indicator of permafrost thaw, which potentially leads to the release of large amounts of greenhouse gases under global warming, and thus could further amplify climate change. The thaw depth of the active layer also governs seasonal surface deformation, caused by the volume change between ice to water, which poses risks for slope stability and infrastructure foundations. READ MORE

  3. 22. Repartition: Monetary Incentives as a Colonial Policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Emil Kofoed Braunschweig; [2021]
    Keywords : Incentives; Colonialism; Arctic; Difference-in-Difference; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study is concerned with understanding the impacts of the changed incentive structure introduced with the repartition policy in 19th century colonial Greenland. Using archival research, this study shows how the policy was designed to increase industrious behavior and caring for one another by introducing monetary incentives. READ MORE

  4. 23. A Lead (Pb) Mass-Balance Budget for a Dry Periglacial Catchment in West Greenland : Discussing the fate of pollutant Pb

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Andreas Nylund; [2020]
    Keywords : Lead mass-balance budget; Dry periglacial landscape; Whole catchment; Pollution; Climate change;

    Abstract : Lead (Pb), occurs both naturally and as a pollutant in Arctic landscape systems. The ongoing climate change, especially pronounced in the Arctic, changes the premises for Pb transport and mobility. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Greenlandic Paradox - Greenlandic autonomy under Danish monarchy

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lola Klint; [2020]
    Keywords : Monarchy;

    Abstract : While the general attitude towards Danish influence in Greenland is negative, the generalattitude towards the Danish royal family is positive. This thesis seeks to uncover theparadoxical Greenlandic discourses by tracing the emergence and development ofroyalism in Greenland from the early colonial period until today. READ MORE

  6. 25. Impactites from the Hiawatha crater, North-West Greenland

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper

    Author : Jacob Gustafsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Hiawatha; impact crater; Cape York; Baffin Bay; Greenland Ice Sheet; Younger Dryas; meteorite; impactite; organic carbon; conifer; vitrinite reflectance; Ro; cellular texture; chromite; chromium isotope; toasted quartz; ballen quartz; melted carbonate; granular zircon; planar deformation feature;

    Abstract : The recent discovery of the 31-km-wide Hiawatha impact crater has raised unanswered questions about its age, impactor and highly unusual organic carbon component. Previous research suggests a fractionated iron meteorite impactor, a probable maximum 3–2.4 Ma impact age and a possible Younger Dryas impact age. READ MORE