Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/H025839/1
Ocean Acidification Carbonate Chemistry Facility
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor EP Achterberg, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor T Tyrrell, University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Grant held at:
- University of Southampton, Sch of Ocean and Earth Science
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Environmental Physiology
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Population Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- The burning of fossil fuels is releasing vast quantities of extra carbon dioxide to the Earth's atmosphere. Much of this stays in the atmosphere, raising CO2 levels, but much also leaves the atmosphere after a time, either to become sequestered in trees and plants, or else to become absorbed in the oceans. CO2 staying in the atmosphere is a greenhouse gas, causing global warming; CO2 entering the sea makes it more acidic, and the ongoing acidification of seawater is seen in observational records at various sites where time-series data are collected. The changing chemistry of seawater due to ocean acidification is mostly well understood and not subject to debate. What is much less well known is the impact that the changing chemistry will have on marine organisms and ecosystems, on biogeochemical cycling in the sea, and on how the sea interacts with the atmosphere to influence climate. We propose to run a carbonate chemistry facility to undertake high quality sample analysis of DIC and TA for other research groups in the UK Ocean Acidification Programme who lack the appropriate expertise and instrumentation.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/H025839/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed (Research Programmes)
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Ocean Acidification
This grant award has a total value of £399,241
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Exception - Equipment | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DI - Equipment | DA - Estate Costs | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £16,162 | £10,268 | £91,515 | £28,534 | £145,437 | £70,803 | £35,026 | £1,494 |
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