BIOPOLE is an interdisciplinary NERC programme examining biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in polar ecosystems aiming toimprove our ability to quantify the nutrients the polar regions are exporting and investigate the impact of climate change on this process. By using past and current satellite data CPOM can provide estimates of freshwater flux due to sea ice and ice shelf melting, and ice sheet run off.

This project aims at understanding Antarctic sea ice variability. Scientific measurements from field expeditions, satellites and robotic technologies will provide comprehensive, year-round measurements of atmosphere, sea ice and ocean circulation to develop new ocean and climate models in order to more accurately represent Antarctic sea ice processes. By developing new observations, new satellite records, and new models, DEFIANT advances our understanding of the Antarctic sea ice system and its wider impacts on global climate.

The UK Polar Research Expertise for Science and Society (PRESCIENT) programme will deliver underpinning capabilities (models, field research platforms, data etc.) to understand the role & response of polar marine ecosystems to changes in environmental stressors (e.g. temperature, sea ice, pollution), measure and predict polar ice sheet contributions to global sea level rise (and associated tipping points) and deliver Antarctic space weather observations to global networks in support of the UK National Risk Register