Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0771519

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0771519

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Southern Ocean's role in determining atmospheric CO2 levels: new insights from novel biogenic silica records of seawater pH. About half the emissions from the burning of fossil fuel since the Industrial Revolution have been absorbed by the oceans. However, considerable uncertainty surrounds the consequences of and the extent to which the oceans will continue to sequester CO2 into the future. This research will improve existing limited knowledge of the key biological and related ocean processes that transfer CO2 between the surface and depth, and the poorly understood effects on marine ecosystems of increasing ocean acidity due to CO2 absorption. This knowledge will contribute to predicting the course of future climate change and gauging the impacts on marine life and production systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2007

End Date: 31-07-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $262,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geochemistry | Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Chemical Oceanography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate change | Physical and chemical conditions | Physical and chemical conditions |

Other Keywords

Chemical Oceanography | Climate change | Geochemistry | Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Physical and chemical conditions

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