SOLAS currently has a number of endorsed projects along with many other projects which are conducted under the SOLAS umbrella.
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Click on the links below to read about the different projects:
ADEPT
BIOACID
CARBOCHANGE
CARBOOCEAN
CHOICE-C
DUNE
EPOCA
FLATOCOA
MERMEX
P2P2006
SOAP
ADEPT
Endorsed since October 2011
Aerosol deposition and ocean plankton dynamics (ADEPT) addresses the study of the effect of atmospheric aerosol deposition on the dynamics of a marine LNLC (low nutrient low chlorophyll) system, namely the Mediterranean. To achieve its goal, ADEPT will use a multiscale and complementary approach.
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To close the many gaps in our understanding and to allow a systems-based assessment of the risks and uncertainties associated with ocean acidification, BIOACID will take an integrated approach combining the expertise of molecular and cell biologists, biochemists, plant and animal physiologists, marine ecologists, ocean biogeochemists and ecosystem modellers.
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Article in SOLAS Newsletter 10 (January 2010)
Project report January 2012
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CARBOCHANGE - Changes in carbon uptake and emissions by oceans in a changing climate - is a large-scale integrating collaborative research project of 7 million Euros funded by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme in the period 2011-2015 (start 1 March 2011). The goal of CARBOCHANGE is to quantify the oceanic uptake of human-produced carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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The project aimed for an accurate scientific assessment of the marine carbon sources and sinks within space and time. It focused on the Atlantic and Southern Oceans and a time interval of -200 to +200 years from now.
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CHOICE-C
Endorsed since November 2009
‘Carbon cycling in China Seas - budget, controls and ocean acidification’ (CHOICE-C) focuses on the carbon budget, controls, ecological responses and future changes in coastal ocean systems. The focal area includes, but is not limited to, the continental shelves of both the South and East China Seas.
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Article in SOLAS Newsletter 10 (January 2010).
The main goal of DUNE, a dust experiment in a low-nutrient, low-chlorophyll ecosystem, is to estimate the impact of atmospheric inputs on an oligotrophic ecosystem subjected to strong atmospheric inputs.
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May 2010 update
Project report January 2012
Mesocosms used for the dust enrichment experiments in the project DUNE.
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The EU FP7 Project EPOCA (European Project on OCean Acidification) was launched in May 2008 with the overall goal to advance our understanding of the biological, ecological, biogeochemical, and societal implications of ocean acidification.
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Project report January 2012
FLATOCOA
Endorsed since July 2009
The goal is to know the amount of continental atmospheric dust deposited on the South Ocean, including determination of the bioavailable fraction. Special attention is given on Fe and other micro-nutrients, including Zn, Cd, Mn, P, Si and Co. The atmospheric total deposition flux and the atmospheric dust concentration will be measured during 2 years at Kerguelen with an integration time of two weeks. Solubility experiments will be done on collected dust to get informations on bioavailability of micro-nutrients. A transportation/deposition model will be used to extrapolate at a largestscale possible. In addition, another station will run for 1 year (2010) at Crozet island to assess gradient informations on a 1000 km scale. Results will be published from 2011.
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March 2010 update
Project report January 2012
One of the duplicate sampler Teflon funnels at 'Atmosphere Mountains', Kerguelen Islands used to sample atmospheric dust
There are still considerable uncertainties in our understanding of the complex interactions between the different forcings and their impacts on Mediterranean ecosystems. There is therefore a strong need to reach a mechanistic understanding of the relevant processes in order to predict changes in ecosystems. The most relevant issues for the future of marine ecosystems in the Mediterranean constitute the main research axes that MERMEX propose to tackle in the next 10 years.
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Project report January 2012
PRECURSORS TO PARTICLES 2006 (P2P 2006)
Ended in 2008
This campaign used the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station as the major measurement platform to build on measurements already made as part of the Cape Grim Program.The Cape Grim Station is one of 23 Global Atmosphere Watch Stations and has been in continuous operation for over 30 years. Results from this project have been published as a special issue of Environmental Chemistry (Vol. 4(3), 2007).
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The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, Tasmania, Australia.
© Photo courtesy of David Whillas, CSIRO Atmospheric Research 1989
Surface Ocean Aerosol Production (SOAP)
Endorsed since August 2011
The frontal regions around New Zealand are highly productive, with the Sub-Tropical Front that runs eastwards along the Chatham Rise characterised by intensive phytoplankton blooms. A preliminary survey of this region in February 2011 during a PreSOAP voyage encountered blooms of different phytoplankton groups with differing DMS & CO2 signatures.
An international team will further determine the production of aerosol precursors by phytoplankton blooms, their subsequent emissions to the atmosphere, and the production and size distribution of aerosols in the overlying marine boundary layer (MBL) during the SOAP voyage in 2012. Initial mapping of phytoplankton blooms around the productive Sub-Tropical Front along the Chatham Rise will be followed by selection of sites for focussed studies.
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Project report January 2012