A high arctic experience of uniting research and monitoring

• Published in: Earth's Future
• Main Authors: Schmidt, Niels Martin, Christensen, Torben R., Roslin, Tomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2017
• Subjects: Climate Research; Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Climate change; Ecosystems; Environmental research; Research station; Science; Greenland; Thumb; Zackenberg
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/05f41811-5fef-4e96-a15a-5832dabcc22f; https://doi.org/10.1002/2017EF000553

Monitoring is science keeping our thumb on the pulse of the environment to detect any changes of concern for societies. Basic science is the question-driven search for fundamental processes and mechanisms. Given the firm root of monitoring in human interests and needs, basic sciences have often been...