The Breathing Ocean
Tuesday 23 March 2010, 10:30 - 16:00
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB
Finale event for UK Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study
This meeting will present the latest research in a key area of Earth system science: how the sea and sky are connected by chemical, physical and biological processes.
Such connections between ocean and atmosphere play a crucial role in determining marine productivity, air quality and the global climate. The UK SOLAS community has investigated these processes with the Met Office and other national and international partners, through a five year, £11m research programme that is now nearing completion.
At this event, there will be the opportunity to discuss the programme’s exciting and important findings with leading researchers, and public and private sector stakeholders. Topics covered at the event include:
- The role of ocean-derived aerosols in the global climate system
- New insights from the new SOLAS observatory at Cape Verde
- Sea surface state and CO2 exchange
- Atmospheric controls of productivity in the tropical North Atlantic
- How microbes at the sea-surface affect air-sea exchanges
- Production and fate of marine biogases
Have a look at the programme and register here.
