Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) is an integrated monitoring and long-term research programme on ecosystems and climate change effects and feedbacks in the Arctic. Since 1995 the programme has established a coherent and integrated understanding of the functioning of ecosystems in a highly variable climate, which is based upon a comprehensive, long-term inter-disciplinary data collection carried out by Danish and Greenlandic monitoring and research institutions.
The GEM Programme put around 75 scientists in the field annually to collect data on ecosystem and climate change in Greenland. The data base currently covers data from monitoring programmes from Zackenberg (1995-), Kobbefjord at Nuuk (2007-) and Disko (2017-). The well over 1000 parameters are freely available via the GEM Database and used by GEM participants and external scientists to produce scientific papers, scientific assessments, advisory reports, etc.
2018.10.05 | Research news
GEM is hosting a session at the Arctic Biodiversity Congress on Wednesday 10 October 2018 at 8.30-10.00. The session title is “Building long-term ecosystem monitoring programs to feed Arctic and international biodiversity assessments”. The session will explore how long-term ecosystem-based monitoring programs are…
2018.07.12 | Positions
Coordinator for Arctic science support and logistics, Aarhus University (Roskilde Campus) The Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University at AU Campus Roskilde, invites applications for a 2-year academic position within Arctic science support and coordination. We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic and service-minded…
2018.06.29 | Research news
The GEM Annual Report Cards 2017 present selected science stories of the 2017 field season and longer time series analysis from all five Basis Programmes included in GEM (Climate, Geo, Bio, Marine and Glacio). As a new feature, it also includes descriptions of the five GEM Basis Programmes, including overview of monitored parameter groups…