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Theme issue: A Prospectus for UK Marine Sustained Observations

Theme issue: A Prospectus for UK Marine Sustained Observations
Theme issue: A Prospectus for UK Marine Sustained Observations
Observing changes in the oceans helps governments make informed decisions about issues such as fishing and the impact of climate change on ecosystems, coastal defence and weather. Some changes to the oceans occur over many decades and can only be detected if there have been many observations in the same area over a long time period. Such sustained observations require long term commitment from both the scientists that do the work and the funders that pay for the work. This theme issue reflects on the contribution that UK sustained observations of the ocean have made to science and society and presents a vision for their future. Contributions include observations of sea level, ocean circulation, biodiversity, ocean carbon and nutrient cycles, the sea and ice conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic and the importance of observations for climate predictions. The papers in this issue arose from a meeting hosted by the Challenger Society for Marine Science and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research at the Royal Society, London, in September 2013. The meeting and theme issue are part of a wider initiative of the Challenger Society to discuss marine science initiatives and future strategy in open forum.
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Hickman, Anna E., Postlethwaite, Clare F., Woodworth, Philip L., McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail and Bryden, Harry L. (eds.) (2014) Theme issue: A Prospectus for UK Marine Sustained Observations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 372 (2025).

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Abstract

Observing changes in the oceans helps governments make informed decisions about issues such as fishing and the impact of climate change on ecosystems, coastal defence and weather. Some changes to the oceans occur over many decades and can only be detected if there have been many observations in the same area over a long time period. Such sustained observations require long term commitment from both the scientists that do the work and the funders that pay for the work. This theme issue reflects on the contribution that UK sustained observations of the ocean have made to science and society and presents a vision for their future. Contributions include observations of sea level, ocean circulation, biodiversity, ocean carbon and nutrient cycles, the sea and ice conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic and the importance of observations for climate predictions. The papers in this issue arose from a meeting hosted by the Challenger Society for Marine Science and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research at the Royal Society, London, in September 2013. The meeting and theme issue are part of a wider initiative of the Challenger Society to discuss marine science initiatives and future strategy in open forum.

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Accepted/In Press date: April 2014
Published date: 28 September 2014
Organisations: Ocean and Earth Science, Physical Oceanography

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Local EPrints ID: 368170
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/368170
ISSN: 1364-503X
PURE UUID: c76a7ec5-9711-446d-bf65-f479c88f983e
ORCID for Anna E. Hickman: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2774-3934
ORCID for Harry L. Bryden: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-6359

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Date deposited: 19 Aug 2014 12:51
Last modified: 23 Jul 2022 02:04

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Editor: Anna E. Hickman ORCID iD
Editor: Clare F. Postlethwaite
Editor: Philip L. Woodworth
Editor: Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
Editor: Harry L. Bryden ORCID iD

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