| Abstract |
Recent modelling results suggest that oxygen levels will decrease
significantly over the next decades in response to climate change, and
altered ocean circulation. Hence the future ocean may experience major
shifts in nutrient cycling triggered by expansion and intensification of
tropical OMZs. There are numerous feedbacks between oxygen, nutrient
cycling and biological productivity; however existing knowledge is
insufficient to understand past interactions or to adequately assess the
potential for future change.
Addressing the SFB 754 goals
require multi-disciplinary study. Therefor, the SFB 754 builds upon
wide-ranging expertise in Kiel, including biological, chemical and
physical oceanography, sediment biogeochemistry, marine ecology,
molecular microbiology, paleoceanography, geology, as well as climate
and biogeochemical modelling. The SFB 754 is organised within 18
scientific interdisciplinary subprojects to support the research for
answering the key questions of the SFB 754.
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