Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0209457

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0209457

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Modelling the impact of simulated warming on marine microbial production of dimethylsulphide on a global scale. The ultimate goal of Earth systems science is to understand the planet's functioning well enough to explain past changes (eg ice ages) and to predict future states of the system (eg the magnitude of greenhouse warming). This is possible only if the climate system can be accurately modelled. This project aims to examine the effect of simulated climate change on the global production of dimethylsulphide (DMS) by marine microbial ecosystems. DMS has been hypothesised as an important biogenic feedback on global warming. This work will provide the first ecosystem modelling estimates of the global radiative forcing due to DMS and thus decrease the uncertainty in current climate projections.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $169,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Biological Sciences | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology) | Global Change Biology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change |

Other Keywords

Climate change | Climatology (Incl. Palaeoclimatology) | Global Change Biology | Other Biological Sciences

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