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Abyss 2100
Deep-sea Research Funded
Scientists from the National Oceanography Center, Southampton, and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, are set to explore how deep-sea organisms and communities will cope with climate change, research made possible via a gift from the Total Foundation. The group of deep-sea biologists is led by Dr. Sven Thatje of the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science based at the National Oceanography Center. The group has been awarded approximately $535,000 by the Total Foundation (Fondation Total) to study the physiology of life from abyssal depths, using cutting-edge and unique infrastructure. For the first time, UK researchers will be able to combine the use of remotely operated vehicles, the sampling of deep-sea organisms under pressures at which they live, and high-pressure aquaria at sea. Named 'Abyss 2100', the project is concerned with the challenges that life in the deep ocean will face by 2100 and beyond as a result of man-made global climate change, such as climate warming, and likely increased acidity of the sea. The Foundation will fund Abyss 2100 for three years, enabling the French-British team to take forward this area of research in joint seagoing cruises to the North Atlantic, including the study of hydrothermal vent sites, as well as chemosynthetic environments in the Southern Ocean. The first cruise participation is scheduled for June/July 2009 onboard RSS James Cook to the deep-sea Whittard Canyon in the Bay of Biscay.
The Total Foundation is funding Deep Sea Research via the Abyss 2100 program.
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January/February 2009
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