ERAnet-LAC, METHAnogenic Biodiversity and activity in Arctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems affected by climate change. (METHABASE) (DCC-92)

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Funding country

Norway

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Start date

1/1/2015

End date

12/31/2019

Budget

191,056 EUR

Fundings

Abstract

Emissions of greenhouse gas methane from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems play a crucial role in global warming, which particularly affects ecosystems at high latitudes. The activity of microorganisms that produce methane and those that consume methane is crucial for the amount of methane emitted from soil and water to the atmosphere. The key question in the project is: how will climate change affect diversity and activity of these methane microbes? To gain knowledge of this we have studied fields in Patagonia, Alaska and Siberia. Our knowledge of these areas is linked to studies in Svalbard in other projects. As a whole, the studies represent Arctic, sub-Arctic and sub-Antarctic ecosystems and areas with and without permafrost as well as occasional permafrost. The fields include fresh water, wetlands and soil. In fields we have measured methane emissions and taken samples for analyzes and molecular studies as well as samples for experiments under controlled conditions in the laboratory. The project is a multidisciplinary team, including experts from Europe (France, Belgium, Norway) and South America (Chile, Uruguay), as well as local partners in Siberia, Alaska and Patagonia for field expeditions. The METANOBASE project was funded through the ERANET LAC program: The Network of EU, Latin America and the Caribbean countries on joint innovation and research activities. Website: https://www5.obs-mip.fr/methanobase/