UKOARP Theme F: Regional ecosystem and biogeochemical impacts of ocean acidification - a modelling study
The theme's principal objective is to develop novel scientific model based knowledge detailing the magnitude and timescale of risks of both ocean acidification and climate change for regional seas. Focused on two regions, the shelf seas surrounding the UK and north west Europe, which have huge resource relevance, and the Arctic which is at early risk of significant impacts with ramifications for the Earth system.
The theme has three generic scientific objectives:
- Improve certainty in predictions of carbonate chemistry, other key indicators and ecological niche distribution.
- Provide an improved quantification and understanding of the exchange of carbon (dioxide) between shelf and oceanic environments.
- Quantify the range of ecosystem consequences arising from OA and co-drivers.
A further objective is to generate a step-change in the UK modelling capability of Arctic coupled bio-physical systems, building on initial work in the Arctic domain and crucially using our collective experience in UK carbon cycle shelf modelling to facilitate this.
Weblink: http://www.ocean-acidification.org.uk/project_objectives/uk_and_arctic_seas.aspx
