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Climate, Cryosphere and Oceans

Improving our understanding of the role of the oceans and the cryosphere (ice) in the climate system.

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•    Improving ocean and ice modelling capability.

•    Providing advice to government regarding climate mitigation.

•    Understanding how the oceans, sea-ice and land-ice could be affected by climate change and how these changes could feed back onto the climate system.

  • Sea surface temperature and sea ice extent simulated by the HadGEM3 Climate Model.

    Model Development

    Improving and evaluating the performance of the ocean and sea ice components of global climate models.

  • The ocean plays an important role in climate prediction.

    Ocean Circulation

    Investigating the role of ocean circulation in current and future climates, in particular that of the meridional overturning circulation.

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    Mitigation Advice

    Providing policy-relevant evidence and research on avoiding dangerous climate change and its impacts.

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    Sea level rise

    Sea level rise is a key marine impact of climate change.

  • Sea ice and open water.

    Ice Prediction

    Changes in sea ice and land ice have important climate feedbacks, through albedo and ocean circulation. The melt of land ice results in sea level rise.

  • A projection of the spatial distribution of anthropogenic carbon dioxide uptake by the oceans during the middle of this century.

    Biogeochemistry

    Ocean carbon and biogeochemical cycles influence climate on a range of timescales.

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    Cryosphere and Oceans scientists

    Information on the wide range of work our climate, cryosphere and oceans scientists undertake; the projects they are involved with and their skills and interests.

Last Updated: 9 November 2010

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