European Polar research : Status and challenges of European Polar fleet for enhancing strategic collaboration

• Main Authors: Dañobeitia, Juan José, Ojeda Cárdenes, Miguel Ángel, Vieira, Gonçalo
• Other Authors: European Commission
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña 2016
• Subjects: Polar Research Infrastructures; Antarctic; Global change; Artic; Arctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Climate change; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/143674; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780

Dañobeitia, Juan José . et. al.-- 7th International Workshop on Marine Technology – Martech Workshop 2016, 26-28 October 2016, Barcelona.-- 4 pages, 7 figures Polar Regions are the most vulnerable world areas to any climate change, and therefore can be considered drivers of global climate change, so small and systematic changes in the Polar Regions affect critically the global environment. This is particularly worrying for Europe and the Arctic due to ocean circulation interaction between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans whose outcome is already producing significant climate anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere. Many European countries support polar research, not only in the Arctic but also in Antarctica, and in fact many European polar research programs have a two-pole perspective. However Europe lacks sufficient marine technological platforms to meet the challenges posed today in marine polar research Ths paper benefited from EUROFLEETS2 Grant Agreement No. 312762 FP7-INFRA-0098, and EUPolarNet funded network Horizon 2020 Programme Grant Agreement No. 652641 Peer Reviewed