EGU25-15556, updated on 15 Mar 2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15556
EGU General Assembly 2025
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Introducing “Into the Blue”: a new ERC Synergy Grant resolving past Arctic warm climates
Petra M Langebroek1,2, Mariana Esteves2, Jochen Knies2, Gerrit Lohmann3, Stijn De Schepper1, Juliane Mueller3, Monica Winsborrow2, Mohamed Ezat2, and Into the Blue team1,2,3
Petra M Langebroek et al.
  • 1NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway (pela@norceresearch.no)
  • 2UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
  • 3Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

The Arctic is changing: sea ice is retreating and the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting. The impact of a “bluer” and “greener” Arctic has yet to fully unfold, and extensive impacts are expected on ocean currents, stratification, marine heat waves and ecosystems.

Our poster introduces the newly funded ERC Synergy Grant “Into the Blue - Resolving Past Arctic Greenhouse Climates (i2B)”. In the coming 6 years, we will study past warm periods during the Quaternary, Pliocene and Miocene with a focus on the Arctic. We will (1) document ice sheet, sea ice, ocean, and ecosystem change by analysing existing and new data as well as model results, (2) understand ocean-cryosphere feedbacks, and (3) determine the impact of a warmer Arctic on climate, ecosystems and society.

How to cite: Langebroek, P. M., Esteves, M., Knies, J., Lohmann, G., De Schepper, S., Mueller, J., Winsborrow, M., Ezat, M., and team, I. T. B.: Introducing “Into the Blue”: a new ERC Synergy Grant resolving past Arctic warm climates, EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr–2 May 2025, EGU25-15556, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-15556, 2025.