
Webinar: Upper ocean ventilation pathways
The next SO-CHIC webinar "Upper ocean ventilation pathways" is coming! It will take place on 12th January 2024 at 15:00 CET (14:00 GMT) online. You can now register for the webinar here. During the event the Work Package 2 will be the main topic. This WP seeks to determine the lead rate-controlling processes of ventilation in a region of up welling of warm deep waters in the Southern Ocean. It brings together observers and modelers to address one of the key sources of uncertainty in current predictions of the future climate state, namely the rate of uptake of heat and carbon… Read More
Tipping Points in Antarctica (Towards Evidence-Based Policy)
The Antarctic Policy Event Tipping Points in Antarctica: Towards Evidence-Based Policy will take place in Brussels,at the NORCE Norwegian Research Center – Rue Guimard 9, 1000 Brussels on Monday, 16 October from 14h-16h. The event is co-organized by EU-funded projects TiPACCs, OCEAN:ICE, SO-CHIC, PROTECT, and the EU-PolarNet 2 and European Polar Board. The agenda includes an opening plenary forum followed by a world cafe where we create a common space for researchers and policymakers to talk on highly relevant topics relating to Antarctica. We look forward to a highly engaged, highly interactive afternoon! Refreshments will be provided. Please find the full agenda here. To assist us in planning the best possible event, we request that you complete this registration… Read More
SO-CHIC General Assembly 2022 interviews
The work of the EU-funded SO-CHIC project is organised through a series of interconnected and specialised Work Packages (WP). During the annual SO-CHIC General Assembly (GA) that was held in November 2022 at the Sorbonne University International Conference Center in Paris, several researchers were interviewed in order to introduce themselves and their work in particular work packages. Find the interviews here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL35-jVsHcT4AghsrvAsiWYONOVp7T41XH Read More
SO-CHIC Visualisation Contest
The mission of the SO-CHIC project is crucial - by contributing to reducing uncertainties in climate change predictions, the SO-CHIC is expected to have major quantifiable impacts on climate science. SO-CHIC’s work is organised through a series of interconnected and specialised Work Packages (WPs), however these can be difficult to understand to general public. As it is important for SO-CHIC to explain its activities (as described in the WPs) to broader audience, SO-CHIC held a Visualisation contest organised by the European Polar Board. The goal of the contest was to obtain an illustration that could be further used for communication… Read More
#TashaGoesSouth
#TashaGoesSouth Natasha Lucas (“Tasha”) is an observational oceanographer / scientist who has started her journey on Agulhas II research ship sailing from Capetown to Antarctica on 17 December 2022 as part of the British Antarctic Survey & the SO-CHIC project. Tasha decided to record a few videos each day to show her life and work on the ship as a scientist for educational, outreach and EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) reasons. Thank you, Tasha for this wonderful initiative! To see daily updates from Tasha, follow @tashaocean on Instagram, where the photos and videos are being published by the #TashGoesSouth initiative partners each day. Read More