Nuuk Basic is an extensive cross-disciplinary ecological monitoring programme in low Arctic West Greenland. Nuuk Basic study the effect of climate change and variability on terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The terrestrial study area is located in Kobbefjord (64°07’N / 51°21'W), approximately 20 km from Nuuk, the Capital of Greenland, while the marine part is focused in Nuup Kangerlua (Godthåbsfjord). Nuuk Basic is coordinated with the GEM monitoring programme in Zackenberg in Northeast Greenland.

Nuuk Basic has the following institutions as partners:   

• Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University
• Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
• Greenland Climate Research Centre
• University of Copenhagen
• Asiaq - Greenland Survey

The work in Nuuk Basic is carried out through means funded by:  

• The Danish Energy Agency
• The Ministry of Higher Education and Science
• The Government of Greenland
• Aage V. Jensen Charity Foundation

For further information about the Nuuk Basic Monitoring Programme please contact the GEM secretariate or programme managers.