Droevendaalsesteeg 10
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Ate Hendrik-Jan Jaarsma
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As part of the CLIMET project, I am working on microbial interactions in Greenlandic lakes, and their influence on methane emissions.
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I have a background in Arctic microbiology. During my PhD I got to visit the Greenland Ice Sheet twice to study its microbial diversity. I focused on the molecules produced by these microbes. I was interested in the role of these compounds in microbial ecology, but also their potential applications in biotechnology.
As a post doc in the CLIMET project, I investigate the microbial processes underlying methane consumption. I am happy to be part of a big multidisciplinary team again, and really excited and grateful to go on fieldwork again and study these unique microbes further!
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CLIMET: Climate feedbacks and methane cycling in Arctic lakes - enzymes to atmosphere
Arctic lakes are important hotspots for the microbially- mediated production and cycling of methane (CH4), a potent greenhouse gas. The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the global average, changing polar ecosystems and with it the potential for positive or negative climate feedback effects. Rising temperatures are changing terrestrial vegetation cover, melting permafrost soils, and increasing glacial discharge from ice caps and ice sheets. Consequently, CLIMET focuses on two potential drivers of lake CH4 cycling in West Greenland that are changing rapidly as Arctic ecosystems change.