SCIENCE: MARINE

To address the emerging environmental and social pressures of the Arctic Region and to facilitate international collaborative efforts in research, the Marine Sciences Working group has adopted the Scientific Foci of the International Arctic Science Committee as their main scientific goals

• Predicting and understanding rapid changes to the Ocean system

• Understanding biological and ecosystem processes in the Arctic and sub-arctic seas

• Understanding sea ice structure dynamics and the Arctic system

• Understanding geochemical processes in the Arctic and sub-arctic seas

• Enhancing and improving access to the paleo record of the Arctic Ocean

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