SIRENA (Strategic Impact of Research Engaging NEMO Applications)
Lead Research Organisation:
National Oceanography Centre
Department Name: Science and Technology
Abstract
Global models have reached an exceptional level of realism in representing ocean dynamics and circulation. By strategically focusing High Performance Computing (HPC) and National Capability (NC) on high resolution, global-scale modelling, NERC has placed the UK at the forefront of ocean modelling efforts in Europe. This investment will continue to pay scientific dividends, but NERC is also in an excellent position to extract added value from it by employing it in tackling challenges related to future societal and business needs. In SIRENA, we propose to utilise existing outputs from NERC's NC modelling efforts, as well as existing links through other research programmes, to address two such needs related to the food and energy sectors of modern economies. The first of these relates to so-called marine hotspots, areas where above average climate change may have serious consequences for marine resources, while the second concerns the expanding sphere of oil and gas activities, including to deeper ocean waters. In both of these cases, there are significant trade-offs between the need to extend exploitation while mitigating impacts, and this is compounded by the current and potential overlaps between both cases. In practical terms, SIRENA will develop a case study that demonstrate advances in ocean modelling to potential new user communities, and illustrate the applications of this modelling for environmental risk assessment. The selected case study will focus on a single region (most likely around Brazil) that is both a marine hotspot and is of interest to oil and gas stakeholders, and a further aim is to underscore the overlapping needs and interests, as well as potential collaborations, of these two otherwise divergent activities. To achieve these ends, SIRENA is organised into four workpackages. The first organises an initial workshops with select oil and gas stakeholders to optimise the framing of the case study, which will then be demonstrated at the international "Ocean Business" exhibition. The second will use existing model output to provide a detailed physical and biogeochemical/ecological forecast for a specific marine hotspot, and will showcase this at the 3rd Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change in Brazil in 2015. The third will leverage an ongoing programme, GULLS, to provide a workshop forum for translating the NERC modelling outputs demonstrated at this symposium (e.g. changing circulation, biogeochemistry) into policy-relevant outputs with the assistance of local stakeholders. The final workpackage will use the experiences derived from the case study to produce a template that will be applied to all of the southern hemisphere marine hotspots that form the basis of the international GULLS programme. The central, driving motivation in SIRENA is that these diverse activities will promote awareness of NERC's world-class modelling efforts and encourage their use in added-value activities by stakeholders that have not traditionally been engaged with NERC centres, but who represent key resource and business interests. In SIRENA's vision, broadening the base of NERC's engagement in this way is critical for such important science to remain viable into the future.
Organisations
- National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (Collaboration)
- University of Tasmania, Australia (Collaboration)
- Meteorological Office UK (Collaboration)
- Universidade de São Paulo (Collaboration)
- University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Unlisted (Collaboration)
- University of Cambridge (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Earth Observation, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Collaboration)
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
- Rhodes University (Collaboration)
- British Antarctic Survey (Collaboration)
Publications
Aksenov Y
(2017)
On the future navigability of Arctic sea routes: High-resolution projections of the Arctic Ocean and sea ice
in Marine Policy
Andersson TR
(2021)
Seasonal Arctic sea ice forecasting with probabilistic deep learning.
in Nature communications
Bacon S
(2022)
Arctic Ocean Boundary Exchanges: A Review
in Oceanography
Clare M
(2023)
Climate change hotspots and implications for the global subsea telecommunications network
in Earth-Science Reviews
Cochrane K
(2019)
Tools to Enrich Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning for Coastal Communities in Data-Poor Regions: Application to a Case Study in Madagascar
in Frontiers in Marine Science
Florindo-López C
(2020)
Arctic Ocean and Hudson Bay Freshwater Exports: New Estimates from Seven Decades of Hydrographic Surveys on the Labrador Shelf
in Journal of Climate
Gennip S
(2019)
In search for the sources of plastic marine litter that contaminates the Easter Island Ecoregion
in Scientific Reports
Hobday A
(2016)
Planning adaptation to climate change in fast-warming marine regions with seafood-dependent coastal communities
in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Kelly S
(2020)
They Came From the Pacific: How Changing Arctic Currents Could Contribute to an Ecological Regime Shift in the Atlantic Ocean
in Earth's Future
| Description | SIRENA developed climate change impact methodologies, applied them to living marine resources in Brazil and Madagascar and provided policy and practice notes to the policy making bodies working in the area of living marine resources and adaptation to climate change. The project contributed to the venerability assessment of the coastal communities in Madagascar to the climate change impacts. The results will be used in the Climate Change Adaptation Plans in Madagascar. The results of the project reinforced the critical importance of considering the cumulative impacts of individual stressors and drivers across the full socio-ecological system, both climate-related and others, when assessing vulnerability of marine-dependent communities. Such assessments and adaptation planning should not only consider the past and present but also be forward-looking and consider likely changes in the future. Participation by local experts and stakeholders is essential, enabling knowledge exchange while also contributing to local capacity-building, generating a sense of ownership, ensuring local knowledge is fully taken into account and that outputs are accepted by stakeholders as being legitimate. We found that the South American shoreline between 20°S and 40°S, and the fishing zone within international waters off Peru (20°S, 80°W) are associated with the highest probability for debris to reach the Easter Island Eco-region, with transit times under 2 years. These regions coincide with the most-densely populated coastal region of Chile and the most-intensely fished region in the South Pacific. The findings offer potential for mitigating plastic contamination reaching the EIE through better upstream waste management. Results also highlight the need for international action plans on this important issue. |
| Exploitation Route | for use in policy making |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment |
| URL | http://gullsweb.noc.ac.uk/ |
| Description | We have developed case studies in areas selected in partnership with the end users (Oil Spill Response Ltd, BP, Shell, DHI Water Environments UK Ltd) for use of high resolution NEMO output of ocean circulation as a tool for environmental risk assessment of potential impact of the oil spills in the selected area. In 2018 we run emergency response model to the SAnchi Oil spill. A number of high impact papers produced by the project has informed highly influential policy reports by the Food and Agriculture Organization on the fisheries and aquaculture and by The World Meteorological Organization on the impact of the 1.5 degree warming. The findings have also been used by a number of the national government reviews on environment, transport and food security. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is an intergovernmental organization whose mission is to achieve food security, ensuring that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 193 Member States and Territories. The Organization is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. As a specialized agency of the United Nations, WMO is dedicated to international cooperation and coordination on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces, and the resulting distribution of water resources. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | An introduction to achieving policy impact for early career researchers Cited by Analysis & Policy Observatory (APO) on 10 Jul 2018 (Citing Pecl et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Scientists are increasingly required to demonstrate the real world tangible impacts arising from their research. Despite significant advances in scholarship dedicated to understanding and improving the relationships between science, policy and practice, much of the existing literature remains high level, theoretical, and not immediately accessible to early career researchers (ECRs) who work outside of the policy sciences. Our study was used as an example in the paper to provide an accessible resource for ECRs seeking to achieve policy impact in their chosen field. |
| URL | https://apo.org.au/node/189981 |
| Description | CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED CANADIAN NORTHERN CORRIDOR (citing Aksenov et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | North America |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Aksenov et al (2019) describing advances in Arctic modelling, future projections and feasibility of teh Arctic Sea Routes has informed and been cited in the special series in The School of Public Policy Publications, examining the potential for economic corridors in Canada. This paper is an output of the Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program. The Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary is the leading platform for providing information and analysis necessary to establish the feasibility and desirability of a network of multi-modal rights-of-way across middle and northern Canada. Endorsed by the Senate of Canada, this work responds to the Council of the Federation's July 2019 call for informed discussion of pan-Canadian economic corridors as a key input to strengthening growth across Canada and "a strong, sustainable and environmentally responsible economy." This Research Program will help Canadians benefit from improved infrastructure development in Canada. |
| URL | https://www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Climate-Change-CNC-Pearce-Ford-Fawcett.pdf |
| Description | CME Pacific Marine Climate Change Report Card 2018 Scientific Review: Fish and Shellfish Cited by UK Government (GOV.UK) on 31 May 2018 (Citing Pecl et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Australia |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | This report card provides a summary of climate change impacts on coasts and seas in the Pacific island region, and how Pacific islands can respond. For ocean-dependent Pacific islands, the connection between oceans and climate change is likely to be more vital than elsewhere and has a huge influence on people, culture and economies. |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commonwealth-marine-economies-cme-programme-pacific-marin... |
| Description | Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade (citing Aksenov et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Aksenov et al 2019 has analysed risks associated with the new shipping routes across the Arctic and informed a CHATHAM HOUSE REPORT 2017 (ISBN: 978 1 78413 230 9) Chokepoints and Vulnerabilities in Global Food Trade. The key conclusion of the report included a call for Policymakers to take action immediately to mitigate the risk of severe disruption at certain ports, maritime straits, and inland transport routes, which could have devastating knock-on effects for global food security. |
| URL | https://www.chathamhouse.org/2017/06/chokepoints-and-vulnerabilities-global-food-trade |
| Description | Citation in FAO report "The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA)" (citing Popova et al., 2019) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The research publication Popova et al., 2019 has been highlighted in the FAO report The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) with respect to the importance of the Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction to teh coastal coastal communities especially in the least developed countries. Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) cover 40 percent of the surface of the planet, or 62 percent of the total ocean surface area. Their living resources have long been utilized, whereas, in recent years, their non-living marine resources have become increasingly utilized. The ABNJ do not belong to any single State; instead, under UNCLOS, they are managed through a suite of agreements and global and regional bodies, each with its own mandate and priorities. All nations with a "real interest" in the ABNJ share responsibility for the proper management and conservation of ABNJ resources and biodiversity. Despite the vast geographical extension of the ABNJ, the current understanding of their role, influence and importance to coastal waters is limited. There is increasing evidence that ABNJ and coastal waters are closely connected, and that activities in ABNJ can influence coastal zones (Popova et al., 2019). |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca9229en |
| Description | Cited by FAO on Adaptive management of fisheries in response to climate change (citing Hobday et al., 2016) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | This report aims to accelerate climate change adaptation implementation in fisheries management throughout the world. It showcases how flexibility can be introduced in the fisheries management cycle in order to foster adaptation, strengthen the resilience of fisheries, reduce their vulnerability to climate change, and enable managers to respond in a timely manner to the projected changes in the dynamics of marine resources and ecosystems. The publication includes a set of good practices for climate-adaptive fisheries management that have proven their effectiveness and can be adapted to different contexts, providing a range of options for stakeholders including the fishing industry, fishery managers, policymakers and others involved in decision-making. These good practices were linked to one or more of the three common climate-related impacts on fisheries resources: distributional change; productivity change; and species composition change. Therefore, these three impacts can serve as practical entry points to guide decision-makers in identifying good practice adaptation measures suitable for their local contexts. These good practices are based upon transferable experiences and lessons learned from the thirteen case studies across the globe and hopefully will contribute to greater uptake and implementation of climate-adaptive fisheries management measures on the ground. Bahri, T., Vasconcellos, M., Welch, D.J., Johnson, J., Perry, R.I., Ma, X. & Sharma, R., eds. 2021. Adaptive management of fisheries in response to climate change. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 667. Rome, FAO. |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb3095en |
| Description | Cited by Flemish Government Policy Documents (citing Pecl et al., 2019) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The work presented in Pecl et al., 2018 on clime-change driven redictribution of species has informed Flemish Nature Report. The biennial Nature Report is a reference work with facts and figures about nature in Flanders, intended for policy purposes. 2020 is an important pivotal year for the global and European Biodiversity Strategy. That is why INBO is publishing a status and trend report on biodiversity. |
| URL | https://www.vlaanderen.be/publicaties/natuurrapport-2020 |
| Description | Cited by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 01 Dec 2020 (citing Pecl et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations is an intergovernmental organization whose mission is to achieve food security, ensuring that people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. There is increasing attention to the importance of biodiversity for food security and nutrition, especially above-ground biodiversity such as plants and animals. However, less attention is being paid to the biodiversity beneath our feet, soil biodiversity, which drives many processes that produce food or purify soil and water. This report is the result of an inclusive process involving more than 300 scientists from around the world under the auspices of the FAO's Global Soil Partnership and its Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, and the European Commission. It presents concisely the state of knowledge on soil biodiversity, the threats to it, and the solutions that soil biodiversity can provide to problems in different fields. It also represents a valuable contribution to raising awareness of the importance of soil biodiversity and highlighting its role in finding solutions to today's global threats. |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb1928en |
| Description | Cited in Proceedings of FishAdapt: the Global Conference on Climate Change Adaptation for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-10 August, 2016 (Citing Popova et al., 2016; Hobday et al., 2016)) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | This conference, FishAdapt: the global conference on climate change adaptation for fisheries and aquaculture, held in Bangkok from 8 to 10 August, 2016, provided a forum for scientists, development professionals and natural resource managers working in the context of fisheries, aquaculture, rural development and related fields to share practical experiences in understanding the vulnerabilities associated with climate change and ocean acidification and the development of risk management and adaptation strategies. The conference bridged interdisciplinary gaps and provide a wider, shared perspective on the issues and the current state of knowledge. These proceedings share the experiences of the 110 participants from 27 countries and show that much can be done at the household, community and sector levels to support the resilience of the sector and its dependent communities in a changing climate. |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/CA3055EN |
| Description | El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects on fisheries and aquaculture Cited by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 01 Apr 2020 (citing Popova et al., 2016) ) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Our research has been cited in an influential FAO report. This FAO Technical Paper synthesizes current knowledge on the impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on fisheries and aquaculture in the context of a changing climate. It describes the diversity of ENSO events (Chapter 2), ENSO forecasting (Chapter 3) and ENSO in the context of climate change (Chapter 4). It includes a global overview and regional assessment of ENSO impact (Chapters 5 and 6) and a focus on coral bleaching and damage to reefs and related fisheries (Chapter 7). Finally, it synthesizes the lessons learned and the perspectives for ENSO and preparedness in a warmer ocean (Chapter 10). Bertrand, A., Lengaigne, M., Takahashi, K., Avadí, A., Poulain, F. & Harrod, C. 2020. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects on fisheries and aquaculture. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 660. Rome, FAO. |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca8348en |
| Description | Emergency responce to teh sanchi oil spill http://noc.ac.uk/news/sanchi-oil-spill-contamination-could-reach-japan-within-month-update |
| Geographic Reach | Asia |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | The emergency response model applied to sanchi oil spill caused media coverage around the world and the results were used by the oil spill response planning. The URL given below gives a link to the one of the media examples: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-china-shipping-spill/how-sanchis-spill-could-spread-idUKKBN1FF1AK |
| URL | https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-china-shipping-spill/how-sanchis-spill-could-spread-idUKKBN1FF1AK |
| Description | Future of the sea: implications from opening Arctic Sea routes (citing Aksenov et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Aksenov et al 2019 paper examined probability of the Arctic Sea Route opening, future projections of the Arctic sea ice and most recent model developments. It has informed (and been cited) in the Future of the sea: implications from opening Arctic Sea routes - A report examining what the opening of Arctic shipping routes will mean for the UK. This report summarises the evidence for the projected loss of Arctic sea ice and opening of shipping routes due to climate change. It explores how these changes will make trans-Arctic shipping routes more navigable and profitable, and explores the resulting challenges and opportunities for the UK. |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-the-sea-implications-from-opening-arctic-sea-ro... |
| Description | Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture Cited by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 01 Aug 2018 (Citing Pecl et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Impact | Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture: Synthesis of current knowledge, adaptation and mitigation options The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement recognizes the need for effective and progressive responses to the urgent threat of climate change, through mitigation and adaptation measures, while taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems. The inclusion of adaptation measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector is currently hampered by a widespread lack of targeted analyses of the sector's vulnerabilities to climate change and associated risks, as well as the opportunities and responses available. This report provides the most up-to-date information on the disaggregated impacts of climate change for marine and inland fisheries, and aquaculture, in the context of poverty alleviation and the differential dependency of countries on fish and fishery resources. The work is based on model projections, data analyses, as well as national, regional and basin-scale expert assessments. |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/I9705EN |
| Description | Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture Cited by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 01 Aug 2018. (Citing Barange et al. 2017; Popova et al 2016, Yool et al., 2015) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement recognizes the need for effective and progressive responses to the urgent threat of climate change, through mitigation and adaptation measures, while taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems. The inclusion of adaptation measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector is currently hampered by a widespread lack of targeted analyses of the sector's vulnerabilities to climate change and associated risks, as well as the opportunities and responses available. This report provides the most up-to-date information on the disaggregated impacts of climate change for marine and inland fisheries, and aquaculture, in the context of poverty alleviation and the differential dependency of countries on fish and fishery resources. The work is based on model projections, data analyses, as well as national, regional and basin-scale expert assessments. The results indicate that climate change will lead to significant changes in the availability and trade of fish products, with potentially important geopolitical and economic consequences, especially for those countries most dependent on the sector. |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/I9705EN |
| Description | Informing climate change adaptation efforts in Madagascar and elsewhere in the Western Indian Ocean and other regions where similar marine-dependent communities are also affected by rapid warming of adjacent seas. |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| URL | http://gullsweb.noc.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Madagascar: Connectivity between Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction and the coastal zones (Country Profile) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | UN member states negotiating a legally binding instrument governing ABNJ must include provisions to ensure that all future management regimes are informed by their potential impacts on territorial waters - particularly in Least Developed Countries. Vigorous and seasonally reversing circulation of the WIO make East African coastal countries highly vulnerable to negative impacts of the fishing and extraction activities in the ABNJ The coastline of Madagascar is one of most ABNJ-connected coastlines in the world indicating enhanced socio-economic vulnerability to the activities in the ABNJ. The project provided a detailed policy brief describing vulnerability of the coastal zone of Madagascar to the activities in ABNJ and advocated explicit inclusion of the downstream connectivity to the treaty. The approach brought concrete results: the latest draft of the negotiating text was updated to recognise that the treaty must protect the many millions of people who depend on the high seas. The advice aims to ensure that: The criteria for establishing Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and other area-based management tools in ABNJ must include the potential socioeconomic benefits for vulnerable coastal communities, as well as the ecological or biological significance of the area in question. Governments must ensure that management systems in ABNJ are adaptive and dynamic, and share the technology, data capacity and investment needed to rapidly respond to shifts in species distribution or ocean circulation caused by climate change. Uncertainty around future climate change and impacts on connectivity necessitate a precautionary approach to ABNJ governance. |
| URL | https://www.solstice-wio.org/outputs/policy-briefs |
| Description | Mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services (citing Pecl et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Europe's ecosystems, on which we depend for food, timber, clean air, clean water, climate regulation and recreation, suffer from unrelenting pressures caused by intensive land or sea use, climate change, pollution, overexploitation and invasive alien species. The Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 includes the development of an integrated framework to monitor whether the actions undertaken are delivering on the ground. This assessment presents the changes in pressures and ecosystem condition in the EU and its marine regions using the year 2010 as a policy baseline. |
| URL | https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/a84a0a68-0f65-11eb-bc07-01aa75ed71a1/langua... |
| Description | Massive Online Open Course "Ocean Science In Action: Addressing Marine Ecosystems and Food Security" |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | In 2020, the SOLSTICE-WIO project launched its first MOOC - Ocean Science in Action: Addressing Marine Ecosystems and Food Security that introduces learners to innovative marine technologies and their applications used to tackle the challenges of the sustainable management of marine ecosystems. This four-week course features over 30 video lectures, including footage of fieldwork, numerical ocean model animations, and visualisations of the Remote Sensing data and unique footage of local coastal communities and fisheries. It covers wider issues such as impact of climate change, SDGs, Oceans Decade 2030. The MOOC was created as a course for continuous professional development to people working within marine-related industries, such as fisheries, and government and management of marine resources in the Western Indian Ocean. The MOOC has attracted more than 2000 participants from 110 countries. Material presented in MOOC includes scientific results from many national and international projects (in addition to SOLSTICE which presented the bulk of the material), including GULLS, SIRENA, UKESM, ACCORD. |
| URL | https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/ocean-science-in-action-addressing-marine-ecosystems-and-food-se... |
| Description | Policy Brief: So far, yet so close: ecological connectivity between ABNJ and territorial waters |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
| Impact | This policy brief summarized our research showing that UN member states negotiating a legally binding instrument governing Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) must include provisions to ensure that all future management regimes are informed by their potential impacts on territorial waters - particularly in Least Developed Countries and other developing coastal states. The brief was circulation to member states negotiators and participants and discussed at the side even of UNCLOS negotiations in New York. |
| URL | https://pubs.iied.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/migrate/17500IIED.pdf |
| Description | Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: sharing good practices from around the world Cited by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 01 Feb 2019 (citing Hobday et al., 2016) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Our study has been used as a case study example in an FAO report Securing sustainable small-scale fisheries: sharing good practices from around the world FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 644. This document includes eight studies showcasing good practices in support of sustainable small-scale fisheries. FAO commissioned these studies aiming to share experiences and promote the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). The case studies were also intended to promote participatory approaches - in line with the SSF Guidelines principles - and to promote increased interaction between research and fishing communities, including the use of traditional knowledge and participatory research. It is hoped that the case studies will inform policy and policy processes and, in this way, promote sustainable small-scale fisheries according to the SSF Guidelines and the human rights-based approach to development (HRBA). The case studies constitute a rich selection of experiences and are diverse, not only with regard to their geographical setting but also in scope and approach. They span from looking at one specific tool for sharing experiences (the fisheries learning exchanges methodology in Madagascar and Mozambique) or examining the enabling environment in a specific thematic area (disaster risks in Bangladesh), to regional policy formulation on small-scale fisheries (the SSF Guidelines protocol for Caribbean policies) and reflection on how to use the SSF Guidelines in participatory processes (the Myanmar step-by-step approach to discussions with small-scale fisheries communities). A few of the papers look at co-management, in some cases combining fisheries management and social development (Senegal, Uruguay and Nepal), with one focusing on the role of small-scale fisheries and community organizations (India). Generally, the case studies refer to HRBA but, perhaps because many of the activities have taken place in the past, it seems that HRBA has rarely been consciously and explicitly implemented. Still, the case studies bear witness to a number of experiences and practices that are clearly steps in the right direction. Key good practices emerging from the studies refer to, among other things, holistic approaches to co-management and social responsibility; broad engagement, inclusiveness and partnerships; the power of communication; and gender equality and the role of women. As more experience is gained, our knowledge of how to go about implementing the SSF Guidelines will improve and nurture new and continued initiatives. For the present and the future, efforts should be made to apply HRBA, while continuing to share experiences and good practices showing how to do so when implementing the SSF Guidelines. |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/CA3041EN |
| Description | The RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in the Western Indian Ocean: Voyages of marine research and capacity development Cited by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 01 Aug 2017 (Citing Srokosz et al., 2017) |
| Geographic Reach | Africa |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Our study has been cited in an influential Nansen report by FAO. The marine research vessel (RV) Dr Fridtjof Nansen is a familiar visitor to the coastal waters of developing countries around the world. Since its first expedition in 1975, to survey fish abundance in an upwelling region of the Western Indian Ocean, the Nansen has returned to this "least known" of the world's oceans numerous times. The Nansen surveys first focussed on finding new fish resources, but expanded later to sample whole ecosystems and complex oceanographic processes. Over time, the charismatic Nansen has become a "flagship" for a multitude of resource and capacity development initiatives, extending far beyond surveys at sea. Along with the Nansen surveys, these initiatives form part of the broader Nansen Programme (after 2006 the EAF-Nansen Project), a cooperative development programme shared by the Norwegian government and the FAO. We showcase the research done to discover new resources, and to decipher the linkages between fish abundance, ocean productivity, and the oceanographic processes that maintain ecosystems. The review shows the enduring impact of the Nansen Programme on fisheries and marine science in the Western Indian Ocean, and highlights crucial gaps in information. Based on past experience, recommendations for future work are made. T |
| URL | http://www.fao.org/3/i7652e/i7652e.pdf |
| Description | Sustainable Oceans, Livelihoods and food Security Through Increased Capacity in Ecosystem research in the Western Indian Ocean (SOLSTICE-WIO) |
| Amount | £6,800,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/P021050/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2017 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Title | Improved sea ice rheology (Elastic-Anisotropic-Plastic) for the European ice model SI3 in the NEMO ocean modelling framework |
| Description | New improved sea ice rheology (Elastic-Anisotropic-Plastic) has been developed for the Sea Ice Integrated Initiative SI3 and included in the NEMO ocean modelling framework for the ocean research, climate and forecasting. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Improved forecasting skills of the EU model to deliver a wide range of forecasts and climate projections for IPCC AR7. |
| URL | http://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/browser/NEMO/trunk/src/ICE/ |
| Title | Prototype of the coupled wave-sea ice-ocean global model |
| Description | A prototype has been developed and under testing for the coupled model configuration WW3-CICE-NEMO. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improved predictions of the ocean and sea state in the ice covered areas, with applications for climate, forecasting and marine industries. |
| Description | Marine Hotspots |
| Organisation | Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean |
| Country | Kenya |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | GLORIA consolidated scientific and traditional understanding of change to ecosystems and their services, through the development and sharing of techniques, knowledge and successful approaches between Madagascar and other marine hotspot regions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Global Marine Hotspots Network provides a platform where information, lessons and outcomes can be shared from regions that are warming the fastest or regions where change is rapidly occurring. Temperature has a major influence on marine ecosystems, however the Network recognises that temperature is only one driver of change and encourages contributions from other researchers or any institutions where impacts are being studied or adaptation options being developed or implemented. The network promote and facilitate trans-disciplinary approaches that engage all stakeholders and researchers (across disciplines including physical, biological and humanities) to maximise the potential for research to translate into appropriate policy and sustainable and cost-effective on-ground adaptation. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving representatives of academia and marine resource relevant stakeholders in the following areas: oceanography, ecology, modelling, marine biology,management of marine resources, conservation, policy. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Marine Hotspots |
| Organisation | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| Department | CSIRO Energy |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | GLORIA consolidated scientific and traditional understanding of change to ecosystems and their services, through the development and sharing of techniques, knowledge and successful approaches between Madagascar and other marine hotspot regions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Global Marine Hotspots Network provides a platform where information, lessons and outcomes can be shared from regions that are warming the fastest or regions where change is rapidly occurring. Temperature has a major influence on marine ecosystems, however the Network recognises that temperature is only one driver of change and encourages contributions from other researchers or any institutions where impacts are being studied or adaptation options being developed or implemented. The network promote and facilitate trans-disciplinary approaches that engage all stakeholders and researchers (across disciplines including physical, biological and humanities) to maximise the potential for research to translate into appropriate policy and sustainable and cost-effective on-ground adaptation. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving representatives of academia and marine resource relevant stakeholders in the following areas: oceanography, ecology, modelling, marine biology,management of marine resources, conservation, policy. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Marine Hotspots |
| Organisation | Rhodes University |
| Country | South Africa |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | GLORIA consolidated scientific and traditional understanding of change to ecosystems and their services, through the development and sharing of techniques, knowledge and successful approaches between Madagascar and other marine hotspot regions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Global Marine Hotspots Network provides a platform where information, lessons and outcomes can be shared from regions that are warming the fastest or regions where change is rapidly occurring. Temperature has a major influence on marine ecosystems, however the Network recognises that temperature is only one driver of change and encourages contributions from other researchers or any institutions where impacts are being studied or adaptation options being developed or implemented. The network promote and facilitate trans-disciplinary approaches that engage all stakeholders and researchers (across disciplines including physical, biological and humanities) to maximise the potential for research to translate into appropriate policy and sustainable and cost-effective on-ground adaptation. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving representatives of academia and marine resource relevant stakeholders in the following areas: oceanography, ecology, modelling, marine biology,management of marine resources, conservation, policy. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Marine Hotspots |
| Organisation | Universidade de São Paulo |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | GLORIA consolidated scientific and traditional understanding of change to ecosystems and their services, through the development and sharing of techniques, knowledge and successful approaches between Madagascar and other marine hotspot regions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Global Marine Hotspots Network provides a platform where information, lessons and outcomes can be shared from regions that are warming the fastest or regions where change is rapidly occurring. Temperature has a major influence on marine ecosystems, however the Network recognises that temperature is only one driver of change and encourages contributions from other researchers or any institutions where impacts are being studied or adaptation options being developed or implemented. The network promote and facilitate trans-disciplinary approaches that engage all stakeholders and researchers (across disciplines including physical, biological and humanities) to maximise the potential for research to translate into appropriate policy and sustainable and cost-effective on-ground adaptation. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving representatives of academia and marine resource relevant stakeholders in the following areas: oceanography, ecology, modelling, marine biology,management of marine resources, conservation, policy. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Marine Hotspots |
| Organisation | University of Tasmania |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | GLORIA consolidated scientific and traditional understanding of change to ecosystems and their services, through the development and sharing of techniques, knowledge and successful approaches between Madagascar and other marine hotspot regions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Global Marine Hotspots Network provides a platform where information, lessons and outcomes can be shared from regions that are warming the fastest or regions where change is rapidly occurring. Temperature has a major influence on marine ecosystems, however the Network recognises that temperature is only one driver of change and encourages contributions from other researchers or any institutions where impacts are being studied or adaptation options being developed or implemented. The network promote and facilitate trans-disciplinary approaches that engage all stakeholders and researchers (across disciplines including physical, biological and humanities) to maximise the potential for research to translate into appropriate policy and sustainable and cost-effective on-ground adaptation. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving representatives of academia and marine resource relevant stakeholders in the following areas: oceanography, ecology, modelling, marine biology,management of marine resources, conservation, policy. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | Meteorological Office UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | National Centre for Earth Observation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Department of Chemistry |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Department | School of Earth and Environment |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | UK LTS-M Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study Programme (ACSIS)" (NE/N018044/1) |
| Organisation | University of Reading |
| Department | Department of Meteorology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Joint analysis of the UK ESM historical period ensemble integrations. Model validations on in situ data and satellite products and bias assessments. |
| Impact | Publication: Robson, J., Aksenov, Y., Bracegirdle, T. J., Dimdore-Miles, O., Griffiths, P. T., Grosvenor, D. P., ... & Wilcox, L. J. (2020). The evaluation of the North Atlantic climate system in UKESM1 historical simulations for CMIP6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9), e2020MS002126. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | GLORIA workshop held in Madagascar, 14-16 June 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Central to GLORIA research is a workshop held in Madagascar, 14-16 June 2016, where experts from the marine and climate sciences worked with Malagasy stakeholders to share information, explore adaptive solutions and develop recommendations for future action to minimize climate change impacts on marine-dependent, low-income communities. Results from the workshop informed climate change adaptation efforts in Madagascar and elsewhere in the Western Indian Ocean and other regions where similar marine-dependent communities are also affected by rapid warming of adjacent seas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://gullsweb.noc.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Action Plan (AP) document for the Arctic group WG4 (Predicted Ocean) of the UN Decade of the Ocean |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Championed one of the topics of the Action Plan (AP) document for the Arctic group WG4 (Predicted Ocean) of the UN Decade of the Ocean |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Modelling of teh Sanchi oil spill. Media coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | An emergency ocean model simulations run by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Southampton assessed the potential impact of local ocean circulation on the spread of pollutants. These simulations were run using the leading-edge, high-resolution global ocean circulation model, NEMO. The Sanchi tanker collision occurred on the border between the Yellow and East China seas, an area with complex, strong and highly variable surface currents. These latest predictions have been made possible by new information about where the Sanchi oil tanker finally sank. Based on this update, the team of scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have run new ocean model simulations to assess the potential impact of local ocean circulation on the spread of pollutants. These simulations were run on the leading-edge, high-resolution global ocean circulation model, NEMO. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://noc.ac.uk/news/sanchi-oil-spill-contamination-could-reach-japan-within-month-update |