Changes in the ocean's biological pump: innovative models and diagnostics

该项目旨在量化海洋的生物泵--将新形成的有机物质输出到海洋内部--如何对环境变化做出反应。生物泵是控制全球碳氧循环的关键，因此也是海洋生物生存的关键。将开发新的、高效的数值模型，并用高度创新的数学方法进行分析。预期的结果是优化的预测模型，以及对海洋碳循环、酸化和氧合未来可能的演变有了新的理解。这将带来重大好处，如对未来海洋健康的预测、确定对变化敏感的进程以及海洋资源管理战略。

This Project aims to quantify how the ocean’s biological pump, which exports newly formed organic matter into the ocean interior, responds to environmental change. The biological pump is a key control on the global carbon and oxygen cycles, and hence on the viability of marine life. New, efficient numerical models will be developed and analysed with highly innovative mathematical methods. Expected outcomes are optimised predictive models and a new understanding of the possible future evolutions of the ocean carbon cycle, acidification, and oxygenation. This should provide significant benefits such as predictions of future ocean health, identification of processes that are sensitive to change, and strategies for marine resource management.