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The Ocean and Climate Change Institute

The Ocean and Climate Change Institute. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Atlantic-Arctic Observational Systems. Atlantic - Arctic Circulation. Summer Arctic Sea Ice. 1979. 2003. 2005. 2007. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. UIUC Polar Research Group.

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The Ocean and Climate Change Institute

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  1. The Ocean and Climate Change Institute Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  2. Atlantic-Arctic Observational Systems

  3. Atlantic - Arctic Circulation

  4. Summer Arctic Sea Ice 1979 2003 2005 2007 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

  5. UIUC Polar Research Group

  6. National Snow and Ice Data Center

  7. OCCI: Clark Arctic Research Initiative • Three themes: • What are the regional and global effects of changes in the Arctic on sea ice extent, ocean circulation and climate? • What are the implications of these changes on: 1) permafrost surrounding the Arctic Ocean, 2) river chemistry and flow, 3) nutrient and carbon transport from the land to the sea, and 4) coastal erosion and sediment transport? • What are the current and likely future effects on ecosystems within and beyond the Arctic?

  8. OCCI: Arctic Research Initiative • Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2 • $4.1M allocated from Clark funds • $0.8M from Comer and OCCI funds • 33 awards

  9. OCCI: Arctic Research Initiative • Five year, $10M program - currently in Year 2 • Biological impacts – 12 awards • Climate and oceans – 14 awards • Transport and fate of carbon – 7 awards

  10. Spending 2001-present OCCI: $5.7M Comer: $4.1M

  11. New Research Emphasis Ocean Chemistry and Climate

  12. Fig 1 Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  13. Habitat destruction In our Greenhouse Warming world, the destruction of habitats -- upon which entire ecosystems depend -- is truly alarming.

  14. ?? Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  15. Some Outreach Activities Cambridge Energy Research Week – February 2008 Climate War Game - CNAS – July 2008

  16. Climate Change/Ocean Acidification Symposium Jointly sponsored by WHOI and New England Aquarium Boston, MA February 5, 2009

  17. Workshop on Arctic Sea Ice and Climate Organized by Mary-Louise Timmerman (PO) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution November 5-7, 2008

  18. BCBS Impacts 2008 Ice Retreat and Potential Resultant Shipping and Fishing Increases in the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort Seas (BCBS) Jointly sponsored by WHOI and the North Slope Borough (Alaska) Anchorage, Alaska March 2009

  19. The Ocean and Climate Change Institute Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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