Current Research Projects

CHASE
CHASing the environmental Effects of dust deposition across the Atlantic and Southern Ocean: a coccolithophore perspective
PI: Catarina Guerreiro, MARE – ULISBOA
Participating institutions: MARE – ULISBOA
Funded by FCT-CEEC, 2020-2025.

ECO-PELAGOS
Response of the pelagic ecosystem to climate change in the Southern Ocean
Funded by the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development, 2019-2022.

EU-POLARNET 2
Connecting Science and Society
Funded by the European Commission (EC SCA H2020 – 2020-2025).

LIFE DESERT-ADAPT
Preparing desertification areas for increased climate change.
Funded by the European Union (LIFE16 CCA/IT/000011), 2017-2022.

NUNATARYUK
Permafrost thaw and the Changing Arctic Coast
PI ULISBOA team: Gonçalo Vieira, CEG/IGOT-ULISBOA
Participating institutions: CQE/IST – ULISBOA, CEG/IGOT – ULISBOA
Funded by the European Commission (EC RIS H2020 – 2017-2023).

ORIGINS
Origin of life: from hydrothermal vents to protocols (ORIGINS)
PI: Zita Martins, CQE/IST – ULISBOA
Participating institutions: CQE/IST – ULISBOA
Funded by the FCT, 2023-2026.

PERCONTACT
Permafrost contamination in Maritime Antarctica and the consequences upon its thaw.
PI: Rute Cesário, CQE/IST – ULISBOA
Participating institutions: CQE/IST – ULISBOA, CEG/IGOT – ULISBOA
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2022-2023.

PERMANOM
Structural characterization of natural organic matter in permafrost thaw lakes in winter season.
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2022-2023.

PORTWIMS
Portugal Twinning for innovation and excellence in marine science and Earth observation
Funded by the European Union H2020 (grant agreement nr. 810139), 2018-2021.

THAWIMPACT
Antarctic Peninsula permafrost under a changing climate: sensitivity, fate and impacts
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (2022.06628.PTDC, FCT), 2023-2026.

Past Research Projects

ANTERMON
ANTarctic Electrical Resistivity Monitoring Network.
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2019-2020.

DUSTCO
Effects of atmospheric dust on coccolithophore Production)
Funded by the European Union H2020-MSCA-IF-2017 (grant agreement nr. 796802), 2018-2020.

EU-POLARNET
Connecting Science and Society
Funded by the European Commission (EC SCA H2020 – 2015-2020).

FACT
Links between phytoplankton dynamics and climate Forcing in NW Antarctic Peninsula
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2019-2020.

LICHENEARLYMETER
Development of an ecological indicators to monitor the effects of climate change in polar regions based on lichen functional traits.
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2019-2020.

NUNANTAR
Analysis of nunataks of the Antarctic Peninsula as multiproxy data sources on environmental change and climate dynamics.
Funded by the FCT National Call.

PALEOGREEN
Glacial oscillations and climate variability in NE Greenland
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain, CTM2017-87976-P.
2017-2020.

PERMARSENIC
Arsenic speciation and biogeochemistry in Permafrost Thaw Lakes
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2019-2020.

PHOBOS
Origin, composition, evolution and exploration of Phobos
Funded by FCT, 2018-2021.

POLAR LODGE
Performance Evaluation of a Resilient Shelter for Research Development in the Antarctic
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2019-2020.

SOILSKIN
La Piel Viva del Suelo: A citizen science program to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems and their functions in the face of global change.
Funded by FECyT, 2019-2020.

THAWPOND
Remote sensing analysis of vegetation and thaw pond colour dynamics at the tundra-forest zone: from local to regional scale (Whapmagoostui – Kuujjuarapik, Hudson Bay, sub-Arctic Canada),
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2019-2020.

VEGETANTAR
Multitemporal vegetation mapping in the Antarctic Peninsula through multiscale remote sensing.
Funded by the Portuguese Polar Program (PROPOLAR, FCT), 2019-2020.