Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0880815

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0880815

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

An Investigation into Oceanic CO2 Variability and its Influence on Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations. Carbon dioxide is a powerful greenhouse gas whose observed atmospheric increase is the central cause of climate change. The associated environmental, social and economic impacts to Australia could be staggering via coral reef degradation, loss of agricultural production, coastal erosion and extreme climate events. This work aims to better our understanding of how the oceans may mediate the effects of climate change for Australia and therefore has a strong national benefit. Quantifying the importance Australia's oceanic CO2 sink will be important for Australian policy makers within international climate negotiations and also for better management practices to ensure the future prosperity of Australia's coral reef ecosystem.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2008

End Date: 18-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $617,418.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Chemical Oceanography | Atmospheric Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Oceanography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Climate variability | Climate change | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) |

Other Keywords

Atmospheric Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Chemical Oceanography | Climate change | Climate variability | Environmental Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Oceanography

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