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CACHE-PEP: Natural climate variability - extending the Americas Pole-Equator-Pole paleoclimate transect through the Antarctic Peninsula to the Pole [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00510]
To determine how the climate of the Antarctic Peninsula during the Holocene (last 10,000 years) is related to global scale patterns and trends, in order to understand the significance of current environmental ...
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ACES-ACCENT: Antarctic Climate Change and Nonlinear Teleconnections [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00500]
ACES will investigate the atmospheric and oceanic links that connect the climate of the Antarctic to that of lower latitudes, and their controlling mechanisms. Specific research topics will include ...
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ACES-FOCAS: Forcings from the Ocean, Clouds, Atmosphere and Sea-ice [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00499]
ACES will investigate the atmospheric and oceanic links that connect the climate of the Antarctic to that of lower latitudes, and their controlling mechanisms. Specific research topics will include ...
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CACHE-DRAM: DRivers and AMplifiers of late Quaternary climate change [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00509]
Ice core records provide highly detailed records of how different components of the climate system have behaved in the past. DRAM will make use of these and other data to pin down the main forcings ...
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DISCOVERY-FLEXICON: FLEXIbility and CONstraints in life histories [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00516]
FLEXICON is investigating the life-cycles of some of the world''s most durable and abundant organisms that are vital to the Earth''s systems. Marine organism in the Southern Ocean must endure one ...
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GEACEP-ISODYN: Icehouse Earth: Stability Or DYNamism? [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00518]
GEACEP will investigate the relationship between the evolution of Antarctic ice and the changing global environment over the last ~30 million years (My). We will do so through collecting and combining ...
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GRADES-QWAD: Quaternary West Antarctic Deglaciations [GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00521]
Current predictions of sea level rise do not correctly quantify contributions from Antarctica. Some sectors of the Antarctic ice sheet are showing considerable rates of change; are these changes a ...
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CACHE-CEFAC: Chemical Exchange and Feedbacks between the Atmosphere and Cryosphere [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00508]
We will conduct year-round atmospheric chemistry measurements at Halley of key oxidants (OH, HO2, NO, O3, CO, Js), to study the role of the snowpack in determining the oxidant system. This will be ...
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Vulnerability of Antarctic marine benthos to increased temperatures and ocean acidification associated with climate change [AAS_3134_Sterechinus]
PARENT DIF
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3134.
This metadata record deals specifically with the objectives relating to "Effects of Ocean Warming and Ocean Acidification on the Echinoderm ...
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DISCOVERY-CEMI: Circumpolar Ecosystems; Modelling and Integration [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00517]
DISCOVERY 2010 will investigate and describe the response of an ocean ecosystem to climate variability, climate change and commercial exploitation. The programme builds on past studies by BAS on the ...
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Antarctic associations with Australian and South American cold outbreaks: Present and future [ASAC_2688]
Preliminary Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2688
See the link below for public details on this project.
'Cold outbreaks' are severe meteorological events which have significant ...
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Lake Chichancanab Isotope and Mineralogy Data: Central American Drought and the Classic Maya Civilization [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2001-014]
Oxygen isotope and sediment composition data from Lake Chichancanab, Mexico.
The data are interpreted as a moisture balance proxy, and indicate drought
conditions in the years 800-1000 AD, corresponding ...
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IPY: Stability of Larsen C Ice Shelf in a Warming Climate [steffen_0732946]
Our ground penetrating radar surveys focused on key structural features of the ice shelf, including basal crevasses, marine ice and rifts. Here we present our published work on basal crevasses. ...
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Stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island [AAS_3261]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3261.
The objectives of this project are to:
1. Assess temporal variability in stream invertebrates on the sub-Antarctic island, Macquarie Island. ...
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The role of antarctic marine protists in trophodynamics and global change and the impact of UV-B on these organisms [ASAC_40]
CHILD DIFs
This is a parent metadata record for work carried out as part of ASAC/AAS project 40.
See the child metadata records for further information.
More than 95% of the biomass in the Southern Ocean is ...
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Reconstructing the foraging ecology and molecular evolution of sub-Antarctic penguins: A pilot study [AAS_3203]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3203
See the link below for public details on this project.
Public Summary
High-order predators rely on the productivity of the Southern Ocean marine ...
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Increase in the Asian SW Monsoon During the Past Four Centuries, NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2002-049]
This data set consists of faunal abundance data from Arabian Sea Box
Cores.
[ABSTRACT]
Climate reconstructions reveal unprecedented warming in the last
century, however little is known about trends ...
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Frozen dunes: An indicator of climate variability, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica [ASAC_2386]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2386
See the link below for public details on this project.
---- Public Summary from Project ----
'Frozen dunes: An indicator of climate variability, McMurdo ...
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Self-consistent Ice Dynamics, Accumulation, Delta-age, and Interpolation of Sparse Age Data using an Inverse Approach [waddington_0636997]
We provide a the synthetic, sparse depth-age data generated using a 1-d ice-flow model. The age data include red noise to simulate real depth-age data.
The inferred depth-age data profile are included. ...
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Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_ARCTIC]
Abstract (from the online documentation):
A compilation of paleoclimate records from lake sediments, trees, glaciers, and
marine sediments provides a view of circum-Arctic environmental variability ...
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Hypothesized Climate Forcing Time Series for the Last 500 Years [NOAA_NGDC_PALEO_CLIMATEFORCING]
[from NOAA/NCDC/WDC Paleoclimatology]
A new compilation of annually resolved time series of atmospheric
trace gas concentrations, solar irradiance, tropospheric aerosol
optical ...
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Northern Hemisphere Temperature Reconstruction for the Past Millennium [NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_1999-014]
Abstract (from the online documentation):
Building on recent studies, we attempt hemispheric temperature reconstructions
with proxy data networks for the past millennium. We focus not just on the ...
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Dust Logging at Dome C for Abrupt Climate Changes, Large Volcanic Eruptions and Bolide Impacts [bay_0739743]
This award supports a project to make high-resolution logs of dust and ash in the Dome C borehole using an optical dust logger. The dust logger employs a temperature-regulated diode laser at 404 nm ...
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Collaborative Research in IPY: Abrupt Environmental Change in the Larsen Ice Shelf System, a Multidisciplinary Approach - Cryosphere and Oceans [scambos_0732921]
This award supports the cryospheric and oceano-graphic components of an integrated multi-disciplinary program to address these rapid and fundamental changes now taking place in Antarctic Peninsula ...
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Dynamics and ionisation in the Antarctic middle atmosphere: MF radar measurements [K055_2004_2012_NZ_1]
Our studies investigate the Antarctic middle atmosphere?s response to natural and man-made factors which change climate. The dynamical processes of this region are significant in controlling the circulation ...
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Global change, biodiversity and conservation in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems on Heard and McDonald Islands [ASAC_1180]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1180
Global change, biodiversity and conservation in terrestrial and coastal ecosystems on Heard and McDonald Islands: statistical models for monitoring ...
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Vulnerability of Antarctic marine benthos to increased temperatures and ocean acidification associated with climate change [AAS_3134]
CHILD DIFs
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3134.
Data from this project will be available via the child records.
Public
Ocean acidification and warming are global phenomena that will impact ...
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Climate change and carbon gain in Antarctic mosses [AAS_2780]
CHILD DIFs
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 2780.
Public Summary
The distribution of plants in Antarctica is chiefly limited by the availability of water and sufficiently high temperatures. ...
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Antarctic Oscillation (AO) Time Series Data since 1948 from JISAO [JISAO_AAO]
The Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) is the dominant pattern of non-seasonal tropospheric circulation variations south of 30S, and it is characterized by pressure anomalies of one sign centered in the ...
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Physical and biogeochemical dynamics of the subantarctic zone [ASAC_2720]
CHILD DIFs
This metadata record is a 'Parent' metadata record for ASAC project 2720. See the link for the related 'Child' metadata records.
The overall objective is to characterise Southern Ocean marine ecosystems, ...
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Tracing Glacial-interglacial Changes in the Dust Source to Antarctica using Helium Isotopes [winckler_0636898]
This award supports a project to study dust sources in Antarctic ice cores. Atmospheric aerosols play an important role both in global biogeochemical cycles as well as in the climate system of the ...
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Derivation of an age scale for the Law Dome core - ice cores taken between 1987 and 1993 [DSS_age_scale]
PARENT DIF
Records of methane, and oxygen isotopes (ice and air) for Law Dome DSS (Dome Summit South) core through the last deglaciation (9000-19000 before present).
Data are obtained from the entire DSS core, ...
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Cascading effects of global climate change on near shore benthic communities in the Antarctic [ASAC_2300]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2300
See the link below for public details on this project.
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Antarctic reefs, like their tropical counterparts, harbour ...
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Relict Adélie Penguin colonies in the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT). [ASAC_1219_AAT_APen_Relict]
Distribution, abundance and dates of relict Adélie Penguin colonies in the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT).
Current mapping efforts have focussed on the Windmill Islands in preparation ...
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Monitoring climate change induced desertification of Antarctica using stable isotopic signatures [AAS_3129]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3219.
Public Summary
We will use mosses to investigate the changing climate in Antarctica and the implications this has for terrestrial biodiversity. ...
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Understanding the tolerance of Antarctic mosses to climate change [ASAC_3042]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 3042.
Public
Ozone depletion above Antarctica has caused large increases in springtime UVB radiation (UVBR) and recovery of the ozone layer is not ...
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Impact of global climate change on Antarctic flora: long-term monitoring and ecophysiological studies of bryophyte community dynamics in the Windmill Islands. [ASAC_1313]
CHILD DIFs
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1313
See the link below for public details on this project.
This research will monitor the effect of climate change on bryophyte communities in the ...
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Limnological and nearshore diatom communities of Macquarie Island: proxies of subantarctic climate change? [ASAC_2663]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2663
See the link below for public details on this project.
Public Summary
Macquarie Island offers scientists a unique laboratory for investigating subantarctic ...
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Have stream invertebrate communities of Macquarie Island changed over 15 years and are they likely to respond to climate changes or other environmental factors? [ASAC_2918]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2918
See the link below for public details on this project.
This project will assess the extent of changes to the freshwater stream invertebrate communities ...
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Dynamical Variability of the Lower Atmosphere [AAS_3140]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) Project 3140
See the link below for public details on this project.
Public Summary
A thorough understanding of the coupling and dynamics of the Antarctic ...
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Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) [G01175]
The Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS) CD-ROM contains data sets and information products pertaining to permafrost and frozen ground topics. CAPS was originally compiled by the International ...
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Photosynthesis of subantarctic plants as affected by leaf and canopy temperature variation [ASAC_2544]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2544
See the link below for public details on this project.
Public Summary
Recent global warming is evident for many subantarctic islands. Rising temperatures ...
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Responses and adaptations by two seal species to variability in the Southern Ocean ecosystem [ASAC_2753]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2753
See the link below for public details on this project.
Public
Weddell and southern elephant seals are high-order predators living in the Antarctic ...
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Distribution and Dynamics of Vegetation in Relation to Natural Disturbance Factors, Heard and McDonald Islands [ASAC_423]
Metadata record for data expected ASAC Project 423
See the link below for public details on this project.
From the abstracts of the referenced papers:
Eight species ...
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Phytoplankton Distribution in Surface Samples and Cores from Prydz Bay and Long Fjord and its Relationship to Sea Level and Climatic Change [ASAC_492]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 492 See the link below for public details on this project.
From the abstracts of the referenced papers:
Diatom assemblages in two ...
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Quaternary Vegetation History of Australian Subantarctic Islands [ASAC_77]
From the abstracts of some of the referenced papers:
On Macquarie Island six palaeolake deposits dated from terminal Pleistocene to early-mid Holocene have been found at the top of cliffs ...
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Stability, Glaciological and Depositional Conditions of Continental Ice Sheet Edge at Vestfold Hills [ASAC_275]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 275 See the link below for public details on this project.
From the abstracts of the referenced papers:
The East Antarctica ice ...
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Computer modelling of the mass balance and dynamics of the Antarctic Ice Sheet [ASAC_1261]
CHILD DIFs
Computer models have been developed to investigate the present and future balance of ice accumulation and loss for the Antarctic ice sheet. New information about the flow properties of ice has been ...
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Atmospheric Trends of Carbon Monoxide (CO) by Khalil and Rasmussen [OGI_CO_TRENDS]
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a weak greenhouse gas but it is an important
precursor to tropospheric ozone (O3) and other trace gases in the
Earth's atmosphere, which can cause widespread changes ...
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Borehole Optical Stratigraphy: Ice Microphysics, Climate Change, and the Optical Properties of Firn [waddington_0335330]
This award supported a study of the physical nature and environmental origin of optical features (light and dark zones) observed by video in boreholes in polar ice. These features appear to include ...
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