Eastern Tropical Pacific reef fish on the move: biodiversity reorganisation and societal consequences
Informations
- Funding country
Norway- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 1/1/2021
- End date
- 12/31/2024
- Budget
- 387,450 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILJØFORSK - Environmental Research for a Green Transition | Grant | - | - | 387,450 EUR |
Abstract
In EASMO, an international interdisciplinary team aims to provide vital information to stakeholders on how climate change will impact marine environment, biodiversity, as well as the ecosystem services it provides to the society in the eastern tropical Pacific. The Norwegian partner plays a key role in providing state-of-the-art climate and biogeochemical projections in the regions, which will then be used to assess the ecosystem and societal implications. To do this, we have developed a new high-resolution ocean-atmosphere model that also includes ocean biogeochemistry component. The model calibration is now completed, and simulations of historical period have been completed. Our first results confirm that the regional model performs significantly better than typical low resolution IPCC-class Earth system models. In the eastern tropical Pacific, our model simulates more realistic tropical climate characteristic. In addition, we have used the regional model to investigate the drivers for ubiquitous bias in global models. Specifically, we determine how changes in ocean state affect the simulated precipitation patterns. We have worked closely with our international partners to disseminate our model projections and to simulate future changes in the regional ecosystem.