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The Ocean andClimate Change
Institute
The Ocean andClimate Change
InstituteWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Atlantic-Arctic Observational SystemsAtlantic-Arctic Observational Systems
Atlantic - Arctic Circulation
1979197919791979
Summer Arctic Sea IceSummer Arctic Sea IceSummer Arctic Sea IceSummer Arctic Sea Ice
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center200320032003200320052005200520052007200720072007
UIUC Polar Research GroupUIUC Polar Research GroupUIUC Polar Research GroupUIUC Polar Research Group
National Snow and Ice Data CenterNational Snow and Ice Data CenterNational Snow and Ice Data CenterNational Snow and Ice Data Center
OCCI: Clark Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Clark Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Clark Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Clark Arctic Research Initiative
Three themes:Three themes:
• What are the regional and global effects of changes in the Arctic What are the regional and global effects of changes in the Arctic on sea ice extent, ocean circulation and climate?on sea ice extent, ocean circulation and climate?
• What are the implications of these changes on: 1) permafrost What are the implications of these changes on: 1) permafrost surrounding the Arctic Ocean, 2) river chemistry and flow, 3) surrounding the Arctic Ocean, 2) river chemistry and flow, 3) nutrient and carbon transport from the land to the sea, and 4) nutrient and carbon transport from the land to the sea, and 4) coastal erosion and sediment transport?coastal erosion and sediment transport?
• What are the current and likely future effects on ecosystems What are the current and likely future effects on ecosystems within and beyond the Arctic?within and beyond the Arctic?
Three themes:Three themes:
• What are the regional and global effects of changes in the Arctic What are the regional and global effects of changes in the Arctic on sea ice extent, ocean circulation and climate?on sea ice extent, ocean circulation and climate?
• What are the implications of these changes on: 1) permafrost What are the implications of these changes on: 1) permafrost surrounding the Arctic Ocean, 2) river chemistry and flow, 3) surrounding the Arctic Ocean, 2) river chemistry and flow, 3) nutrient and carbon transport from the land to the sea, and 4) nutrient and carbon transport from the land to the sea, and 4) coastal erosion and sediment transport?coastal erosion and sediment transport?
• What are the current and likely future effects on ecosystems What are the current and likely future effects on ecosystems within and beyond the Arctic?within and beyond the Arctic?
OCCI: Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Arctic Research Initiative
Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2 Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2
• $4.1M allocated from Clark funds$4.1M allocated from Clark funds
• $0.8M from Comer and OCCI funds$0.8M from Comer and OCCI funds
• 33 awards33 awards
Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2 Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2
• $4.1M allocated from Clark funds$4.1M allocated from Clark funds
• $0.8M from Comer and OCCI funds$0.8M from Comer and OCCI funds
• 33 awards33 awards
OCCI: Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Arctic Research InitiativeOCCI: Arctic Research Initiative
Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2 Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2
• Biological impacts – 12 awardsBiological impacts – 12 awards
• Climate and oceans – 14 awardsClimate and oceans – 14 awards
• Transport and fate of carbon – 7 awardsTransport and fate of carbon – 7 awards
Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2 Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2
• Biological impacts – 12 awardsBiological impacts – 12 awards
• Climate and oceans – 14 awardsClimate and oceans – 14 awards
• Transport and fate of carbon – 7 awardsTransport and fate of carbon – 7 awards
OCCI: $5.7M Comer: $4.1MOCCI: $5.7M Comer: $4.1MOCCI: $5.7M Comer: $4.1MOCCI: $5.7M Comer: $4.1M
Spending 2001-presentSpending 2001-presentSpending 2001-presentSpending 2001-present
New Research EmphasisNew Research Emphasis
Ocean Chemistry and ClimateOcean Chemistry and Climate
New Research EmphasisNew Research Emphasis
Ocean Chemistry and ClimateOcean Chemistry and Climate
Fig 1
Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory
In our Greenhouse Warming world, the destruction of habitats -- upon which entire ecosystems depend -- is truly alarming.
Habitat destruction
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Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak Ridge National Laboratory
Some Outreach Activities
Cambridge Energy Research Week – February 2008
Climate War Game - CNAS – July 2008
Climate Change/Ocean Climate Change/Ocean Acidification Symposium Acidification Symposium Climate Change/Ocean Climate Change/Ocean
Acidification Symposium Acidification Symposium
Jointly sponsored by WHOI and New Jointly sponsored by WHOI and New England AquariumEngland Aquarium
Boston, MABoston, MA
February 5, 2009February 5, 2009
Jointly sponsored by WHOI and New Jointly sponsored by WHOI and New England AquariumEngland Aquarium
Boston, MABoston, MA
February 5, 2009February 5, 2009
Workshop on Arctic Sea Ice and ClimateWorkshop on Arctic Sea Ice and ClimateWorkshop on Arctic Sea Ice and ClimateWorkshop on Arctic Sea Ice and Climate
Organized by Mary-Louise Timmerman (PO)Organized by Mary-Louise Timmerman (PO)Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Organized by Mary-Louise Timmerman (PO)Organized by Mary-Louise Timmerman (PO)Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
November 5-7, 2008November 5-7, 2008November 5-7, 2008November 5-7, 2008
BCBS Impacts 2008BCBS Impacts 2008
Ice Retreat and Potential Resultant Shipping and Fishing Ice Retreat and Potential Resultant Shipping and Fishing Increases in the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas Increases in the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas
(BCBS)(BCBS)
BCBS Impacts 2008BCBS Impacts 2008
Ice Retreat and Potential Resultant Shipping and Fishing Ice Retreat and Potential Resultant Shipping and Fishing Increases in the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas Increases in the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas
(BCBS)(BCBS)
Jointly sponsored by WHOI and the North Jointly sponsored by WHOI and the North Slope Borough (Alaska)Slope Borough (Alaska)
Anchorage, AlaskaAnchorage, Alaska
March 2009March 2009
Jointly sponsored by WHOI and the North Jointly sponsored by WHOI and the North Slope Borough (Alaska)Slope Borough (Alaska)
Anchorage, AlaskaAnchorage, Alaska
March 2009March 2009
The Ocean andClimate Change
Institute
The Ocean andClimate Change
InstituteWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution