Coldregionscience is a website describing my research in the High Arctic and Antarctica. Focus is given here to the influence of changing climate on hydrology, biogeochemistry and microbial activity in snow and ice.
Dr Aga Nowak
I am an environmental scientist specialising in hydrology and biogeochemistry of Polar Regions. My research focuses on investigation of short- as well as long-term effects of climate change on the terrestrial and marine ecosystems in the Arctic and Antarctica. Read more..
Currently, I have a split position at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS).
Therefore, I am the researcher on the BIOICE project, where we investigate Blue Ice Oases of microbial life on the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
I am also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Glacial Hydrology.
As with research, I am passionate about teaching, as I believe students are our future. Thus, I always strive to provide the highest quality of learning environment for my students using inquiry-based learning. Read more..
Events
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State of Environmental Science in Svalbard Report: SESS 2020
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Interview for RAI TV TG3 where I had a chance to talk about changing climate in Svalbard that is influencing hydrology, glaciers and the local community
Latest and ongoing research
Longyearelva: Riverbed erosion, water discharge and sediment transport
Bogerbreen: mass balance monitoring program
Latest Publications
2021 Nowak, A., Hodkins, R., Nikulina, A., Osuch, M., Wawrzyniak T, Kavan J, Łepkowska E, Majerska M, Romashova K, Vasilevich I, Sobota I, Rachlewicz, G. From land to fjords: The review of Svalbard hydrology from 1970 to 2019. in State of Environmental Science in Svalbard Report https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4294063
2020 Hodson, A. J., Nowak, A., Senger, K., Redeker, K., Christiansen, H. H., Jessen, S., Hornum, M. T., Betlem, P., Thornton, S. F., Turchyn, A. V., Olaussen, S., and Marca, A.: Open system pingos as hotspots for sub-permafrost methane emission in Svalbard, The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-11
2020 Kalinowska, A.; Szopińska, M.; Chmiel, S.; Kończak, M.; Polkowska, Ż.; Artichowicz, W.; Jankowska, K.; Nowak, A.; Łuczkiewicz, A. Heavy Metals in a High Arctic Fiord and Their Introduction with the Wastewater: A Case Study of Adventfjorden-Longyearbyen System, Svalbard. Water, 12, 794 https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030794
2019 Hodson A, Nowak A., Holmlund E.S., Redeker K., Turchyn AV., Christansen H. Seasonal Dynamics of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Evasion From an Open System Pingo: Lagoon Pingo, Svalbard. Frontiers in Earth Science https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00030