Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean
ICED is an international multidisciplinary programme launched in response to the increasing need to develop integrated circumpolar analyses of Southern Ocean climate and ecosystem dynamics.
ICED has been developed in conjunction with the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) and the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), through joint support from the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) and Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) programmes.
The ICED vision is to develop a coordinated circumpolar approach to better understand climate interactions in the Southern Ocean, the implications for ecosystem dynamics, the impacts on biogeochemical cycles, and the development of sustainable management procedures.
ICED Science
The ICED Science Plan and Implementation Strategy sets out an ambitious programme to address not only the significant scientific challenges of integrating Southern Ocean ecosystem, climate and biogeochemical research at a circumpolar level, but also the challenge of bringing together a multidisciplinary group of international scientists to ensure effective cooperation and communication in addressing the objectives of ICED.The ICED Network
To become involved please complete our online form. We aim to improve Southern Ocean science integration, and to strengthen links with Arctic and non-polar scientists to understand the role of polar ecosystems in the Earth System. We encourage a wide range of scientists to join us.For more information contact ICED.
What's New?
EUR-OCEANS Consortium Flagship on Polar Ecosystem Change and Synthesis (PECS) and EU Strategy We have received European funding for this 2-year Flagship programme. Our first workshop was held in November 2012 and outcomes included a Strategy for European polar marine ecosystem research. Preparations are underway for a Thematic Workshop on Polar Ecosystems in Brussels. If you would like more information please contact ICED.
ICED Food Web Modelling Paper
The results of the ICED food web modelling workshop has been published in Progress of Oceanography.
