Essays about: "Greenland"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 111 essays containing the word Greenland.

  1. 6. Reprocessing weather data from Smart Stake weather stations on the Greenland ice sheet

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för beräkningsvetenskap

    Author : Leon Lovén; [2023]
    Keywords : ice sheet; data processing; weather station; Greenland; GEUS; Smart Stake; istäcke; databehandling; väderstation; Grönland; GEUS;

    Abstract : To identify a climate trend, a lot of data is required for the conclusion to be accurate. A trend can require 30 years worth of measurements in order to say anything with certainty about how the climate is changing. It is therefore important to utilize every source of data in climate research. READ MORE

  3. 7. Analysis of performance data of wind turbines for polar regions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Högenergifysik

    Author : Arnau Serra Garet; [2023]
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    Abstract : The Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland is situated at Summit Station. Due to its isolatedlocation the main power to support the autonomous radio stations is solar energy. However,during the winter months when there is no sun another strategy needs to be found. READ MORE

  4. 8. Reconstructing Mid-Late Holocene Arctic Climate Using Loess Deposits From Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : William Mörtsjö Zung; [2023]
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    Abstract : The current geological epoch, the Holocene, began 11,700 years ago. During this time, a thermal maximum in temperature was reached somewhere during the early-middle stage at 8-5 kyrs ago which was followed by a period of neoglacial cooling, culminating in the little ice age (LIA). READ MORE

  5. 9. ”It’s a blessing and a curse for us”. Negotiating postcolonial identity in the context of Greenlandic climate discourses

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karoline Tolstrup Sørensen; [2022-08-10]
    Keywords : Greenland; identity; climate discourses; independence and senses of belonging;

    Abstract : The original decision by the Greenlandic government to abstain from the Paris Agreement in 2016, following COP21 was justified with criticism of the Agreement not protecting Indigenous rights to development and thus impeded Greenlandic goals of independence from the Danish Realm. This argument was utilised again at the recent announcement at COP26 in November 2021, by the Greenlandic Premier, to remove previous territorial reservations and now sign the Agreement. READ MORE

  6. 10. Predicting the future summer range of a declining Arctic waterfowl: the Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris)

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    Author : Emil Lundahl; [2022]
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    Abstract : This study investigates what the future might hold for an endemic goose species, found exclusively in the low Arctic region of West Greenland. Facing a decline since four decades, the Greenland White-fronted Goose constitutes one of few goose populations showing a declining trend. READ MORE