Research project
JOSTICE Natural and societal consequences of climate-forced changes of Jostedalsbreen Ice Cap
- Start date: 1 January 2020
- End date: 31 December 2024
- Value: 2.4 M NOK total (100,000 NOK to Leeds)
- Partners and collaborators: Universitetet I Oslo Universitetet I Bergen Stiftinga Vestlandsforsking Norges Vassdrags-OG Energidirektorat (NVE) Norges Bondelag Luster Kommune Statkraft AS Norsk Bremuseum Med Ulltveit-Moe Senter for Klimaviten Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg Dep. of Earth Sciences, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule (ETH Zurich) Stiftelsen Jostedalsbreen Nasjonalarksenter Breheimsenteret AS Jostedalen Breforarlag AS Norgesguidene AS Vitensenteret I Sogn OG Fjordane AS
- External primary investigator: Jacob Clement Yde - Jacob.Yde@hvl.no
The objective of the JOSTICE project is to assess the present and future changes in mass balance, runoff, ice volume and local climate of Jostedalsbreen, and determine the societal impact of these changes on hydropower production, tourism and agriculture.