CO2-05: Biogeochemical Simulations
Project Overview Our research team is developing and applying mechanistic models to investigate the impact of global warming on the marine carbon cycle. We are determining how much atmospheric CO2 is currently being taken up by the Southern Ocean and assessing how this may be affected by projected global climate change. This research is needed to predict the role the Southern Ocean will play in the future in absorbing and storing CO2 emitted by human activities and, therefore, how future atmospheric CO2 levels will evolve. It is also important for developing ecosystem models to assess the impacts of climate change on Antarctic marine ecosystems and to provide advice for ecosystem-based management of Southern Ocean fisheries, particularly those regulated through the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). Project Objectives To develop ocean carbon models to: - quantify the effects of global warming on the future Southern Ocean uptake of CO2 and the potential feedback of the marine carbon cycle on global warming.
- probe how global warming may impact marine carbon cycling and alter marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean.
- identify effective ways of quantifying Southern Ocean carbon cycle processes.
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