The future of UK Antarctic science: strategic priorities essential needs and opportunities for international leadership
• The Antarctic region has been experiencing rapid change in recent decades due to human induced factors. Most notably, climate heating is causing ice sheet melting, leading to sea level rise and disruption in global ocean heat circulation, with far-reaching global consequences. • At the same time,...
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ftimperialcol:oai:spiral.imperial.ac.uk:10044/1/92181 2023-05-15T13:43:46+02:00 The future of UK Antarctic science: strategic priorities essential needs and opportunities for international leadership Siegert, M Marschalek, J Plaschkes, C 2021-10-25 http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/92181 https://doi.org/10.25561/92181 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/92181 doi:10.25561/92181 © 2021 The authors, produced for The Grantham Institute. This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence. This licence permits all or part of the work to be copied and shared with others, provided that the original authors and source are credited. The full licence is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 10 1 Report 2021 ftimperialcol https://doi.org/10.25561/92181 2022-01-20T23:41:01Z • The Antarctic region has been experiencing rapid change in recent decades due to human induced factors. Most notably, climate heating is causing ice sheet melting, leading to sea level rise and disruption in global ocean heat circulation, with far-reaching global consequences. • At the same time, this region holds unique research potential that can help address a range of critically important scientific priorities, including climate change impacts, ecosystem protection, the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life and monitoring of space debris. • Due to its long and impressive record of Antarctic research and its scientific, engineering and logistical capabilities in the region, the United Kingdom (UK) is strategically well-positioned to lead or play a key role in the delivery of these research priorities. • To achieve this potential, the UK must act collectively and in partnership with others, as the best and most urgent research benefits from collaboration, cooperation and cost sharing. Crucially, it must mobilise experts both from within the UK and internationally from a range of disciplines, including the social sciences. In the twenty-first century, Antarctic research must not exist within its own bubble Report Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Imperial College London: Spiral Antarctic The Antarctic |
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• The Antarctic region has been experiencing rapid change in recent decades due to human induced factors. Most notably, climate heating is causing ice sheet melting, leading to sea level rise and disruption in global ocean heat circulation, with far-reaching global consequences. • At the same time, this region holds unique research potential that can help address a range of critically important scientific priorities, including climate change impacts, ecosystem protection, the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life and monitoring of space debris. • Due to its long and impressive record of Antarctic research and its scientific, engineering and logistical capabilities in the region, the United Kingdom (UK) is strategically well-positioned to lead or play a key role in the delivery of these research priorities. • To achieve this potential, the UK must act collectively and in partnership with others, as the best and most urgent research benefits from collaboration, cooperation and cost sharing. Crucially, it must mobilise experts both from within the UK and internationally from a range of disciplines, including the social sciences. In the twenty-first century, Antarctic research must not exist within its own bubble |
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