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Atlantic-Arctic Observational Systems

Atlantic - Arctic Circulation

Summer Arctic Sea Ice NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

UIUC Polar Research Group

National Snow and Ice Data Center

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 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 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? What are the current and likely future effects on ecosystems within and beyond the Arctic? 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 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 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? What are the current and likely future effects on ecosystems within and beyond the Arctic?

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

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

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

New Research Emphasis Ocean Chemistry and Climate New Research Emphasis Ocean Chemistry and Climate

Fig 1 Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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

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

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

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

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

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