Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP190100791

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP190100791

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Limits to ocean surface temperature in future climates. This project aims to investigate whether ocean surface temperatures can increase beyond the 35 degree centigrade threshold for the survival of humans and many other mammal species. Climate models predict that ocean surface temperatures will exceed 35 degree centigrade in parts of the middle east and throughout much of South East Asia in as little as 50 years. This project will use a series of laboratory experiments to test whether parts of the ocean surface can be warmed beyond this limit under natural conditions. Expected outcomes of this project are a new understanding of what sets the maximum surface temperature of the ocean, thereby allowing us to determine whether coastal regions of the humid tropics and sub-tropics will remain habitable for humans and other mammal species in the near future.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-02-2019

End Date: 31-10-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $270,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surface Processes | Physical Oceanography | Fluid Physics | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Fluid Physics | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Physical Oceanography | Surface Processes

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