Research
Projects
Antarctica phase VI (2006-2010)
Antarctica phase V (2000-2005)
Antarctica phase IV (1997-2000)
Antarctica phase III (1993-1997)
Belspo - Bilaterial agreements
Belgian Polar Platform - Research
The research projects
This section gives you an overview of all Belgian polar research projects, funded under the different phases of the Antarctic research programme of the Belgian Science Policy, or financed via other resources. Per project you find information about the different project partners and the objectives, methodology and (expected) results.
Antarctica phase VI (2006-2010)
Climate change
| HOLANT | Holocene climate variability and ecosystem change in coastal East and Maritime Antarctica | SD/CA/01A |
| ASPI | Antarctic Subglacial Processes and Interactions: Role of Transition Zones in Ice Sheet Stability | SD/CA/02A |
| BELCANTO 3 | Integrated Study of Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry and Climate Interactions in the Anthropocene | SD/CA/03A |
Biodiversity
| AMBIO | Antarctic Microbial Biodiversity: The importance of geographical and ecological factors | SD/BA/01 |
| BIANZO II | Biodiversity of three representative groups of the Antarctic Zoobenthos - Coping with Change | SD/BA/02 |
Antarctica phase V (2000-2005)
Climate and atmosphere
| LAQUAN | Late Quaternary climate history of coastal Antarctic environments: a multi-proxy approach | EV/01 |
| AMICS | Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics and climatic change: modelling and ice composition study | EV/08 |
| BELCANTO 2 | Assessing the sensitivity of the Southern Ocean’s biological pump to climate change | EV/07 |
Aquatic biodiversity
| BIANZO | Biodiversity of 3 representative groups of Antarctic Zoobenthos | EV/24 |
| PELAGANT | Status, control and role of the pelagic diversity of the Austral Ocean | EV/30 |
Cluster
| BE-POLES | The Belgian Polar Research cluster |
Antarctica phase IV (1997-2000)
Marine biota and Global Change:
| Meiobenthic biodiversity and fluxes within the Antarctic biogeochemical environment | A4/B01 |
| Ecofunctional biodiversity of benthic crustacean taxocoenoses in the Southern Ocean | A4/B02 |
| An integrated approach to assess
carbon dynamics in the Southern Ocean |
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| I: New and export production II: Study and modelisation of the planktonic system III: Barite geochemistry IV: Air/sea exchanges V: 1D Modelling of the sea-ice and water column |
A4/B11 A4/B12 A4/B13 A4/B14 A4/B15 |
| Response of the Southern Ocean
global ecosystem to physical and trophic constraints |
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| I: Ecosystem functioning and
modelling II: Physical modelling III: Role of the picophytoplankton |
A4/B21 A4/B22 A4/B23 |
Dynamics of the Southern Ocean:
| Study of convective movements in the Southern Ocean | A4/H01 |
Palaeoenvironmental records:
Antarctica phase III (1993-1997)
Marine ecology and biogeochemistry
Protection of Marine Ecosystems
| Oil spill modelling for the Antarctic seas (OSMAS) |
| Preparedness to oil spill pollution: a case study (in cooperation with BAS) |
Ocean-cryosphere-atmosphere interactions
Sedementary palaeoenvironment
| Belgian contribution to the "Antarctic offshore acoustic stratigraphy project" |
Belspo - BCCM
| Stimulation Action
of the use and collaboration with the Coordinated Belgian
Collections of Microorganisms, BCCM (2005-2008) |
Belspo - Bilaterial agreements
| Glacier fluctuations
and climatic change in South Siberia (1997-2000) |
Belspo - SPSD II
| MILMO | Modelling the evolution of climate and sea level over the third millenium; coupling the Antarctic and Greenland ice-sheet models with a global AOGCM of intermediate complexity (MILMO) (2000-2005) |
Non-Belspo
| ARENA | Design and construction of two small size telescopes in Antarctica (2006-2008) |
| CARBOOCEAN | Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment (2005-2009) |
| EUR-OCEANS | EUR-OCEANS Network of Excellence; WP on Biogeochemistry with focus on the Southern Ocean system (2005-2008) |
| Si-WEBS | Natural and anthropogenic modifications of the Si cycle along the land-ocean continuum: Worldwide Ecological, biogeochemical and Socio-economical consequences (2002-2006) |
| - | Basal Ice at Lake Vostok (2000-ongoing) |
| INTERICE | Inter disciplinary Ice tank Experiment (1998-ongoing) |
| BIFTeG | Basal Ice Facies of Temperate Glaciers (1997-ongoing) |
| ISMIce | Ice Shelf Marine Ice (1992-ongoing) |
| - | Ecological impacts of petroleum hydrocarbons on the Antarctic microbial loop. Evaluation of the efficiency of psychrophilic microorganisms in bioremediation treatment (2005-2009) |
| LIMNOPOLAR | Study of non-marine aquatic ecosystems in the polar zones (2004-2005) |
| CAPs | Study of the cold acclimation proteins (CAPs) produced
by an Antarctic psychrophilic bacterium (Pseudoalteromonas
haloplanktis) induced by growth at low temperatures. (2004-2007) |
| - | Biophysical aspects of protein adaptation to extreme temperatures: activity-stability relationships in psychrophilic and thermophilic enzymes (2004-2007) |
| - | Cold-adapted xylanases
and cross-linking enzymes in the food and feed industries (2003-2007) |
| SIBClim | Sea Ice Biogeochemistry in a CLimate change perspective |
| - | Selection of a psychrophilic bacterial starter for bioremediation of contaminated soils and waste-waters in winter (2003-2005) |
| HAUSGARTEN | The temporal variation in the meiobenthos along a bathymetrical gradient (‘Hausgarten’, Arctica): impact of climate oscillations (2002-2006) |
| - | Genome sequence of the psychrophilic Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis (2002-2005) |
| CASES | Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES) on the thieme of microbial communities (2002-2006) |
| AMANDA | IceCube neutrinos telescopes (2000-2005) |
| EUR-OCEANS | EUR-OCEANS Network of Excellence; WP on Biogeochemistry with focus on the Southern Ocean system (2000-2005) |
| VERTIGO | Export of organic carbon from the oceanic surface mixed layer and mineralisation in the twilight zone (2000-2005) |
| IRONAGES | Iron Resources and oceanic nutrients-Advancement of Global Environment Simulations (2000-2003) |
| CARUSO | Carbon dioxide uptake by the Southern Ocean (CARUSO) (1998-2001) |
| EISMINT | European Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison (1992-1999) |