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EU PROJECTS:

ATLANTOS

Optimising and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing Systems

https://www.atlantos-h2020.eu/project-information/consortium/

 

CARBOCHANGE

Changes in carbon uptake and emissions by oceans in a changing climate

03/2011 - 02/2015

EU FP7-ENVIRONMENT

http://www.carbochange.eu

 

The overall goal of the project is to determine the ocean’s quantitative role for uptake of human-produced carbon dioxide, and to investigate how large this uptake rate has been in the past, how it is changing at present, and how it will evolve in the future. This is essential knowledge to assess the expected consequences of rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations and to guide the management of CO2 emission reductions.

 

CARBOOCEAN

Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment

01/2005 - 12/2009

EU FP6-SUSTDEV

http://www.carboocean.org/

 

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have been steadily rising. A part of the human-produced CO2 will on the long term be taken up by the land and oceans (together approx. 50%). Considering the key role of the oceans in the global cycling of carbon, CARBOOCEAN will investigate marine carbon sources and sinks as well as their spatial and temporal variability. The main aim of CARBOOCEAN is to determine the ocean’s quantitative role in the uptake of atmospheric CO2. The gained knowledge is intended for guiding the development of appropriate mitigation strategies like the management of CO2 emission reductions within a global context.

 

CARBOSCHOOLS

European network of regional projects for school partnerships on climate change research

01/2008 - 12/2010

EU FP7-SIS

http://www.carboeurope.org/education/

 

CARBOSCHOOLS is part of the EU FP7 Science-in-Society Programme. Its main aim is to bring together scientists working on carbon-cycle and/or global-change-related topics with secondary school teachers to promote young people’s interest in these fields of research. The students will have the opportunity to learn more about the impacts of climate change, gain positive experiences in scientific research and learn how to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases locally.

 

CAVASSOO

Carbon variability studies by ships of opportunity

12/2000 - 11/2003

EU FP5-EESD

http://lgmacweb.env.uea.ac.uk/e072/

 

CAVASSOO is targeted at obtaining CO2 uptake estimates and their temporal variations in the North Atlantic.

 

COCOS

Coordination action carbon observing system

05/2008 - 10/2011

EU FP7-ENVIRONMENT

http://www.cocos-carbon.org/

 

COCOS is organized around two main lines: to improve the exchange of data sets between separate projects and to use datasets together with other continental and basin scale projects and programs. As such, it will contribute to an effective monitoring of the carbon cycle at global level as recommended by GEO and GCOS in supporting the European participation to an international CO2 research monitoring project. The research and harmonization work will contribute significantly to building an integrated global approach that promotes close collaboration with the international carbon cycle research community. (text: www.cocos-carbon.org)

 

 

COMBINE

Comprehensive modelling of the earth system for better climate prediction and projection

05/2009 - 10/2013

EU FP7-ENVIRONMENT

https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/226520

The European integrating project COMBINE brings together research groups to advance Earth system models (ESMs) for more accurate climate projections and for reduced uncertainty in the prediction of climate and climate change in the next decades. COMBINE will contribute to better assessments of changes in the physical climate system and of their impacts in the societal and economic system. The proposed work will strengthen the scientific base for environmental policies of the EU for the climate negotiations, and will provide input to the IPCC/AR5 process. (text: www.combine-project.eu/)

 

COST Action 735

Tools for Assessing Global Air-Sea Fluxes of Climate and Air Pollution Relevant Gases

10/2006 - 10/2011

https://www.cost.eu/actions/735/#tabs+Name:Parties

 

COST Action ES0801

The ocean chemistry of bioactive trace elements and paleoclimate proxies

10/2008 - 11/2011

GEOTRACES, COST

http://costaction.earth.ox.ac.uk/

 

The cycling of key trace elements in the ocean is critical to the functioning of ocean ecosystems, to the carbon cycle, to contamination of the ocean, and to assessment of past climate change. This COST Action seeks to maximize the benefit from research on the marine chemistry of trace elements conducted in a large number of COST countries. This COST Action directly supported the International GEOTRACES Programme, but extended beyond that programme to cover all marine trace-metal research in the COST region. (text: www.costaction.earth.ox.ac.uk/)

 

CRESCENDO

Coordinated Research in Earth Systems and Climate: Experiments, kNowledge, Dissemination and Outreach

2015-2021

EU Horizon 2020

https://ukesm.ac.uk/crescendo/

Core project of Europe to support the development of Earth system models and CMIP6.

 

ECO2

Sub-seabed CO2 storage: Impact on marine ecosystems

05/2011 - 04/2015

EU FP7-ENVIRONMENT

http://www.eco2-project.eu/

 

ECO2 aims at assessing the risks associated with sub-seabed storage of CO2. Within the project, studies at existing storage sites and natural CO2 seeps will be complemented by laboratory experiments and numerical simulations to investigate the short- and long-term ecological effects of sub-seabed CO2 storage on marine ecosystems. Furthermore, potential economic and legal consequences will be elaborated. Overall, ECO2 is directed at developing a comprehensive monitoring strategy and at defining a best environmental practices guide for sub-seabed CO2 injection and storage.

 

EPOCA

European project on ocean acidification

05/2008 - 04/2012

EU FP7-ENVIRONMENT

http://www.epoca-project.eu/

 

The overall goal of the EPOCA project is to advance our understanding of the biological, ecological, biogeochemical, and societal implications of ocean acidification (OA). The main objectives of the project are (i) the documentation of changes in ocean chemistry and biogeography over space and time, (ii) investigating the sensitivity of marine organisms, communities and ecosystems to OA, (iii) integrating observational data into different models to improve our understanding and enabling predictions of Earth system responses to OA, and (iv) determining OA-related tipping points, risks and uncertainties on sub-cellular to ecosystem level as well as on local to global scales.

 

 

EUR-OCEANS

European network of excellence for ocean ecosystems analysis

01/2005 - 12/2008

EU FP6-SUSTDEV

http://www.eur-oceans.eu/

 

EUR-OCEANS aims to achieve lasting integration of European research organisations on global change and pelagic marine ecosystems, and to develop models for assessing and forecasting the impacts of climate and anthropogenic forcing on food-web dynamics (structure, functioning, diversity and stability) of pelagic ecosystems in the open ocean. The NOE will favour the progressive integration of research programmes and facilities of major research Institutes all over Europe. The long-term goal of the NOE is to create a multi-site Institute for European Research on Ocean Ecosystems under anthropogenic and natural forcings. (text: CORDIS)

 

 

EUROSITES

Integration and enhancement of key existing European deep-ocean observatories

04/2008 - 03/2011

EU FP7-ENVIRONMENT

http://www.eurosites.info/

 

Coordinated by the National Oceanography Centre (UK), EUROSITES’ main objective is the integration of European deep-sea (>1000 m water depth) observatories into a coherent network with a special focus on in situ long-term time-series. Essential climate and ocean variables will be measured in the ocean interior, on the seafloor and also sub-seafloor to enhance our understanding of climate change impacts and ocean changes on ecosystems and mankind. In addition, EUROSITES will promote and fund seafloor missions as well as the development of (in situ) sensors.

 

FIXO3

Fixed point open ocean observatory network

09/2013 - 08/2017

EU FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES

http://www.fixo3.eu/

 

FIXO3 aims at  improving access to key European open ocean fixed point observatories for the broader community to provide multidisciplinary observations in all oceans from the air-sea interface to the deep seafloor.

 

GEOCARBON

Operational global carbon observing system

10/2011 - 09/2014

EU FP7-ENVIRONMENT

http://www.geocarbon.net/

 

Today, countries use a wide variety of methods to monitor the carbon cycle and it is difficult to compare data from country to country and to get a clear global picture. The current global observational and modelling capabilities allow us to produce estimates of carbon budget at different level (from local to global), but many uncertainties still remain. Decision makers need now more than ever systematic, consistent and transparent data, information and tools for an independent and reliable verification process of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks. Therefore, higher quality and quantity of CO2 and CH4 data from different domains and with an enhanced spatial and temporal resolution need to be collected by a globally integrated observation and analysis system. This can be obtained by the coordinated Global Carbon Observation and Analysis System that this project aims at designing, addressing the climate targets of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) towards building a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) for carbon.

 

InGOS

Integrated non-CO2 greenhouse gas Observing Systems Research

https://www.ingos-infrastructure.eu/project-info/consortium/

 

INTAROS

Integrated Arctic Observation System

2016-2021

EU Horizon 2020

https://www.nersc.no/project/intaros

 

IS-ENES2INTAROS develops an integrated Arctic Observation System (iAOS) by extending, improving and unifying existing systems in the different regions of the Arctic. INTAROS has a multidisciplinary focus, with tools for integration of data from atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and terrestrial sciences, provided by institutions in Europe, North America and Asia.

 

IS-ENES2

Infrastructure for the European network for earth system modelling - Phase 2

04/2013 - 03/2017

EU FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES

https://verc.enes.org/ISENES2/

 

IS-ENES2 is the second phase project of the distributed e-infrastructure of models, model data and metadata of the European Network for Earth System Modelling (ENES). This network gathers together the European modelling community working on understanding and predicting climate variability and change. IS-ENES2 combines expertise in climate modelling, computational science, data management and climate impacts. (text: https://verc.enes.org/ISENES2/)

 

MONARCH-A

Monitoring and assessing regional climate change in high latitudes and the Arctic

03/2010 - 05/2013

EU FP7-SPACE

http://monarch-a.nersc.no/

 

Adopting an Earth system approach the MONARCH-A project executes systematic provision of tailored information and products to assist climate change research. MONARCH-A generates and makes available reliable, up-to-date scientific input for the elaboration and implementation of European and international policies and strategies on climate change and society. The MONARCH-A information package is based on generation of time series of observation datasets and reanalyses of past observational data enabling adequate descriptions of the status and evolution of the high latitude and Arctic region Earth system components. (text: www.monarch-a.nersc.no/)

 

SEACRIFOG

Supporting EU-African Cooperation on Research Infrastructures for Food Security and Greenhouse Gas Observations

https://www.thuenen.de/en/ak/projects/seacrifog/

 

SI-WEBS

Natural and anthropogenic modifications of the Si cycle along the land-ocean continuum: worldwide ecological, biogeochemical and socio-economical consequences

10/2002 - 09/2006

EU FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL

http://si-webs.pangaea.de/

 

The general objective of SI-WEBS is to integrate the Si biogeochemical cycle into a human perspective, by evaluating the impacts of natural and anthropogenic perturbations of the coastal Si cycle onto (a) the ecology of coastal ecosystems, (b) the socio-economics of the coastal zone, and (c) the biogeochemistry of the global Si and C cycles.(text: http://si-webs.pangaea.de/)

 

SOCCLI

The role of Southern Ocean carbon cycle under climate change

08/2012 - 07/2016

EU FP7-PEOPLE

http://carbochange.b.uib.no/soccli/

The project aims at realizing a high-level staff exchange and networking activity in the field of climate research, and in particular ocean carbon cycle research, between key research groups of South Africa (CSIR, NTC-UCT) and Europe (Norway: UiB, NERSC; France: CNRS-IPSL). The topic to be jointly investigated is the Southern Ocean’s role in global carbon cycling.

 

STEM-CCS

Sub-seabed carbon dioxide storage

https://www.stemm-ccs.eu

 

TERRABITES

The terrestrial biosphere in the earth system

02/2009 - 03/2014

COST

http://www.terrabites.net/

 

The main objective of the Action is a cross-disciplinary assessment of our current understanding of the terrestrial biosphere from an Earth system perspective to improve the reliability of future Earth system projections in coupled climate-biosphere simulations. (text: http://www.terrabites.net/)

TRACTOR

Tracer and circulation in the nordic seas region

02/2001 - 01/2004

EU FP5-EESD

TRACTOR will focus on improving, testing and validating ocean general circulation models for the North Atlantic Current system, the North Atlantic sub-polar gyre, the Nordic Seas and the Eurasian part of the Arctic Basin by conducting a SF6 tracer experiment.

 

 

RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY PROJECTS:

CARBOSEASON

Calibrating the carbon climate feedback in models through the observed seasonal cycle

06/2008 - 01/2013

RCN

 

We will use observations of carbon cycle relevant input variables (forcings) and output variables (carbon cycle tracers) to assess the performance of state-of-the-art carbon cycle component models. These are the models of the marine and terrestrial carbon cycle to be used in the emerging Norwegian coupled Earth system modelling scenarios. We will use in particular the seasonal cycle signal and inter-annual variability to calibrate the sensitivity of the component models. In addition, we will provide a strategy for following up the carbon cycle climate feedback through future observing systems. (text: RCN)

 

DECApH

Decadal trends in global ocean pH: From data and methods to analysis and understanding

03/2011 - 11/2014

RCN

 

DECApH is a basic science research project seeking to increase our understanding of the decadal trends in ocean pH and in this regard DECApH aims to: 1) Provide a quantification of the magnitude and uncertainty of decadal pH change on a global scale. 2) Describe the spatial variability in these decadal trends in the surface and deep ocean. 3) Gain an improved understanding of how global ocean pH has changed in the past decades in response to increasing CO2 levels in both the atmosphere and ocean. (text: Siv Kari Lauvset, UiB)

 

EARTHCLIM

An integrated earth system approach to explore natural variability and climate sensitivity

01/2011 - 06/2014

RCN

http://folk.uib.no/ngfhd/EarthClim/

 

EARTHCLIM aims at improving, implementing and verifying climate processes in the Norwegian community Earth System Model (ESM) NorESM, thereby contributing to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scheduled for the years 2013/2014. Furthermore, EARTHCLIM will quantify climate sensitivity and climate feedback mechanisms based on but not limited to NorESM with a special focus on carbon cycle feedbacks.

ECOBE

Effects of North Atlantic variability on the Barents Sea ecosystem

01/2002 - 04/2007

RCN

To understand and quantify the impacts of Arctic climate variability on trophic transfer and ecosystem structure of the Barents Sea in order to improve the prediction of growth and recruitment on key fish species.(text: http://ecobe.imr.no/)

EVA

Earth system modelling of climate Variations in the Anthropocene (Researcherproject - NORKLIMA)

2014-2018

RCN

EVA

Virtual exhibit

To provide a cutting-edge version of the Norwegian Earth system modelNorESM for global climate assessments (CMIP6, IPCC AR6) includingprognostic climate experiments and analyses of key importance for thenational and international community.

NORCLIM

Climate of Norway and the Arctic in the 21st century

01/2007 - 01/2012

RCN

NORCLIM will address key climate processes in the atmosphere, in the cryosphere and in the ocean to identify and understand natural climate fluctuations in Norway and the Arctic. This will help to improve our understanding of physical processes involved in climate fluctuations and the sensitivity of the climate system to external forcings, which can be transferred to climate models. In addition, NORCLIM aims at establishing a common climate model system in Norway as well as extending the unified model system to biogeochemical cycles and preparing for an Earth System Model (ESM) that will help to address key biogeochemical feedback processes. 

 

POLARBUOY

Polarbuoy - Direct monitoring of the climate situation in the Norwegian Sea

2010 - 2013

RCN

The project Polarbuoy is sending data from the ocean and atmosphere in real time via satellite transmission from an operational ocean monitoring buoy. The buoy is located near station M in the Norwegian Sea, and data will be freely available to both researchers and other interested parties. (text: Polarbuoy website) 

 

SO-VAR

Southern Ocean variability - contemporary to paleo trends

2012 - 2013

RCN

Southern Ocean intermediate waters are sensitive responders to climate changes in polar regions and, as a consequence, are undergoing rapid changes. Because these intermediate waters dominate upper ocean ventilation they have the ability to transfer these polar changes throughout the ocean; potentially impacting global nutrient cycling and productivity, overturning circulation, atmospheric CO2 uptake, and global modes of climate variability. Thus, assessing the origin and consequences of intermediate ocean variability is essential for detecting and predicting global climate-ocean-ecosystem changes. The main objective of SO-VAR is to understand and quantify natural variability in Southern Ocean mode and intermediate water ventilation, its driving processes, and its potential impacts (including for atmospheric CO2, global ocean oxygenation, productivity, and circulation).  SO-VAR will use models together with oceanographic and proxy data to define, and understand the origin of, contemporary and long-term natural variability in intermediate ocean ventilation. Using proxy reconstructions SO-VAR will provide the first ever sub-decadally resolved characterization of physical and chemical property variability in Southeast Pacific Antarctic Intermediate Water spanning the last millennium. SO-VAR will use corrected modern oceanographic tracer fields to quantify these natural variations, and relate proxy data fields to modern (and modeled) ocean processes. The oceanographic and calibrated proxy data fields will be used to validate ocean models which, in turn, will be used to constrain contemporary variability and transport of biogeochemical signals within Southern Ocean mode and intermediate water. Through this model-data-proxy approach SO-VAR will contextualize paleo-contemporary trends in intermediate ocean ventilation; providing constraints on the long term behavior of intermediate ocean ventilation and its sensitivity to, and role in, global changes. (text: Ulysses S. Ninnemann)

 

ORGANIC

Overturning circulation and its implications for global carbon cycle in coupled models

01/2015 - 12/2018

RCN

ORGANIC will study the physical and biogeochemical interactions in the climate system using state-of-the-art model system. The project will enhance our knowledge in climate variability simulated by the NorESM model and identify uncertainty that comes with its future projections. The focus is to elucidate the linkage between large scale overturning circulation with the biogeochemical cycling in the ocean. This link is necessary since hydrography tracers such as temperature and salinity do not give us a comprehensive overview on the overturning circulation. On the other hand, biogeochemical tracers such as nutrient and CFCs are closely tied to the ocean circulation and can be used as indicators for patterns and ventilation rates of the ocean. Due to the non linear interactions between climate and ocean carbon cycle, it is vital for an Earth system model to accurately simulate the relevant former and latter processes individually as well as interactively in order for it to produce a sound future climate projections. The outcome of ORGANIC will be highly relevant for both global and regional climate studies, particularly in regions where the ocean ventilation will be perturbed by anthropogenic forcing. The proposed interdisciplinary work will involve scientists from natural, mathematical and computational scientists. The study utilizes the nationally developed Norwegian Earth system model and observational sets from contemporary and paleo periods. The methods that will be developed throughout the project, the Matrix Free Newton Krylov, will provide novel and efficient approach to increase our understanding in the sophisticated interactions between the physical and biogeochemical processes in the climate system. (text: ORGANIC project; coordinator J. Tjiputra)

 

SNACS

Subpolar North Atlantic Climate States

01/2014 - 12/2016

RCN

SNACS will take a multidisciplinary approach and use data from high resolution sedimentary archives, ocean surveys and state of the art Earth System Models (ESMs) to unravel the subpolar North Atlantic variability of past times, its expected future behaviour and the feedback on the carbon cycle. (text: SNACS project description)

 

SUCCESS

Subsurface CO2 storage - critical elements and superior strategy

RCN

Project investigating sub-seabed CO2 storage.

 

VENTILATE

Ventilation age and remineralisation rates in polar and sub-polar regions as an indicator for climate change

01/2014 - 01/2018

RCN

 

The project aims to increase our understanding of the link between the physical processes and the oceanic carbon cycle and how this link is altered by human-induced climate change. One of the main objectives is to assess the strength and variability of the physical and the biogeochemical processes that control the oceanic carbon cycle in the northern high latitudes. The project will use a combination of field data and simulations from a state-of-the-art Norwegian Earth system model (NorESM). The latter will make it possible to test different assumptions and relationships that will help us understand the complex links that exist between ocean, climate and carbon cycle in northern high latitudes, but also serve as an innovative validation for the model performance and benchmark for future improvements. (text: Emil Jeansson, VENTILATE project summary)