This $477,767 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will support the "BEACON: The Bellingshausen Sea, A Carbon and Overturning Nexus" research project conducted by the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF).
The project aims to collect physical and biogeochemical observations in the Bellingshausen Sea near Antarctica to better understand its role in ice sheet mass loss, ocean carbon uptake, and broader climate processes. The research team will utilize a combination of shipboard measurements, towed underway observations, and autonomous underwater vehicles to capture key transport pathways and mixing dynamics along the Antarctic coastline. This data will then be applied to inverse modeling to assess how changes in the Bellingshausen Sea impact larger-scale phenomena like ice shelf melt, nutrient supply, primary production, and carbon dioxide absorption. The award period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027.
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