Stakeholders
Policy Makers
What can you mean for FutureArctic?
What can FutureArctic mean for you?
FutureArctic is a European Training Network. Its main aim is to train future leaders in multiple sectors, that are able to implement the latest developments in ecosystem climate science into future societal, environmental and economic actions.
As such, the FutureArctic project touches directly on climate policy. FutureArctic will connect multiple scientific disciplines: earth and environmental science, ecology, environmental technology development, machine learning and artificial intelligence. All these disciplines are brought together in a unique natural scientific laboratory, where future warming of (sub)arctic soils, as expected in the next century, can currently already be observed.
How to implement all these disciplines into climate policy and science, is a real challenge not only for researchers, but also for policy makers.
We will learn a lot about challenges and opportunities arising, as this innovative interaction unrolls, during the FutureArctic project. There is even a PhD-project that is specifically devoted to studying the interactions between the disciplines, focusing on ethical and socio-political implications of the project interaction. The blogs of Virginia Vargolska (ESR15) will provide regular insights in the process of scientific interaction.
On top of the unique knowledge gained on how to connect multiple disciplines in climate science action, FutureArctic will also provide fundamental scientific innovation on the understanding of how (sub)arctic soils will react to future climate change. This will be crucial knowledge for the future management, preservation and even restoration of (sub)arctic ecosystems in such a way, that they can help us limit climate warming to acceptable limits.
At the end of the project, FutureArctic will organise a specific meeting for stakeholders, to discuss what our results imply for future climate action, and how we can build on the knowledge achieved in FutureArctic. However, interaction should not be limited to this final stakeholder meeting. Please contact us if you are interested in being updated with our project progress. We will then add you to our growing list of scientific stakeholders.
Entrepreneurs/Business
What can you mean for FutureArctic?
What can FutureArctic mean for you?
FutureArctic is European Training Network. Its main aim is to train future leaders in multiple sectors, that are able to implement the latest developments in ecosystem climate science into future societal, environmental and econonomic actions.
As such, the FutureArctic project also has strong value for business stakeholders in multiple sectors. FutureArctic will connect multiple scientific disciplines: earth and environmental science, ecology, environmental technology development, machine learning and artificial intelligence. All these disciplines are brought together in a unique natural scientific laboratory, where we can currently already observe future warming of (sub)arctic soils, as expected in the next century.
FutureArctic strongly invests in the development of novel environmental technology, and the implementation of machine learning and artificial intelligence in environmental science, from fieldwork to modelling.
Our project philosophy, our scientific interaction and the scientific goals we aim for, could also be a good starting point for developing new interactions with commercial stakeholders. Below, we list a few potential examples:
- Are you developing a new technology or sensor for permanent assessment/monitoring of an important ecosystem variable? Maybe our natural laboratory in Iceland is a unique test site. If your test is successful, your data could already be used for developing knowledge of climate impacts on (sub)arctic soils. Our diverse set of partners will provide immediate access to a broad network with relevant knowledge.
- Are you a digital entrepreneur, interested in investigating the power of machine learning, advanced computing or cloud-based data management for environmental purposes? We are open to any potential cooperation on this aspect: the ‘ecosystem-of-things’ that we aim for is challenging end-goal, and our project only will be able to set the foundations for achieving it. By bringing in your expertise, a synergy could be achieved that fosters a more rapid development of next-generation environmental data-analysis.
At the end of the project, FutureArctic will organise a specific meeting for stakeholders, to discuss what our results imply for future climate action, and how we can build on the knowledge achieved in FutureArctic. If you are interested to join, do not hesitate to contact the FutureArctic project manager, or one of the PhD fellows or PI’s.
But interaction should not be limited to this final stakeholder meeting. Please contact us if you are interested in being updated with our project progress. We will then add you to our growing list of scientific stakeholders.
On this webpage, all PhD fellows will post regular updates of their work, including those from VSI (developing novel root growth observation technology), IMEC (developing advanced machine learning applications and solutions for data management, storage and online connectivity in remote environments), DMR (developing coupled atmosphere-soil hydrosphere observation solutions) and SVARMI (developing advanced drone sensing for environmental science).
Scientists
Interested in staying updated on the project progress, or in cooperating with our team? Please feel free to contact any of the PI’s or PhD fellows, or our project manager.
Visit our website regularly to stay updated on the progress of all our PhD fellows.
Background information on ecosystems and climate change
Multiple websites provide fantastic overviews of the current state of climate change and the importance of ecosystems herein. Below, we provide links to some of the most interesting pages.
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Carbon, humans and climate change
Ecosystems in the carbon cycle
Ecosystems take up large quantities of human-emitted CO2. This CO2 does thus not remain in the atmosphere and cannot contribute to further global warming. Ecosystems thus help us to slow down global warming. In the figure below, you can see that of the 35 GtCO2 emitted per year, about 2/3 is taken up again by the biosphere and the ocean.
Source: https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/19/presentation.htm
However, with climate change ecosystem functioning is also affected, and scientists are doing large efforts to quantify how this affects the ecosystem carbo sink. FutureArctic aims to add to this scientific endeavour, by studying a unique natural site where, through geothermal events, soil now already experiences the temperature conditions of the future. This will help us understand how the (sub)arctic terrestrial carbon sink will change in the future.
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation under grant agreement No 813114.