Future Directions of the Integrating Climate and Ecosystems Dynamics (ICED) in the Southern Ocean Programme

Nadine Johnston, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Ecosystems, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Eugene John Murphy, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Rachel ~D Cavanagh, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Richard Garth James Bellerby, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oceanography, Bergen, Norway, Daniel P Costa, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Eileen E Hofmann, Old Dominion University, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Norfolk, VA, United States, Walker O Smith Jr, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Oceanography, Shanghai, China and José C Xavier, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Abstract:
The Integrating Climate and Ecosystems Dynamics in the Southern Ocean programme (ICED) is an international multidisciplinary programme focused developing integrated circumpolar analyses of Southern Ocean climate and ecosystem dynamics. ICED was developed in conjunction with the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) as a regional programme of IMBeR (Integrated Marine Biosphere Research programme), and is co-sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). ICED is focussed on understanding the climate interactions in this globally important ocean, the implications of change for ecosystem dynamics, and the impacts on biogeochemical cycles. These aspects are crucial for supporting conservation and sustainable management approaches, and evaluating the role of Southern Ocean ecosystems in the Earth System. Following the recent transition of ICED, together with IMBeR, under the auspices of SCOR and Future Earth, we have refreshed our future priority research areas and scientific approaches. Priority research areas include 1) understanding and quantifying the state and variability of Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2) improving scenarios and projections of future Southern Ocean ecosystems at multiple scales, and 3) supporting sustainable Southern Ocean governance. ICED will also remain open to emerging ideas, new analytical approaches and technologies as aspects of Southern Ocean climate, ecosystem and biogeochemistry research progress. ICED will also continue to coordinate and develop a range of planned national fieldwork campaigns, foster integration through capacity development and outreach, and ensure alignment of our activities with other international research programmes. This will capitalise on ICED’s achievements over the past 10 yrs and contribute to global environmental change research programmes supporting sustainable ocean governance. We encourage wide participation in the research goal and objectives of the ICED programme.
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