PROJECT
CRiceS – Climate Relevant interactions and feedbacks: the key role of sea ice and Snow in the polar and global climate system
- Geographical scope:Arctic and Antarctic
- Time horizon:August 2025
- Initial Release:September 2021
- Institution(s):Alfred Wegener Insitute; British Antarctic Survey; Center for International Climate Research; Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques; Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change; École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne; Finnish Environment Institute; Finnish Meteorological Institute; Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology; Institut de Ciències del Mar; Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement; Institute of Ocean Sciences/Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales; National Center for Polar and Ocean Research; Norwegian Polar Institute; Stockholm University; University College London; University of Bergen; University of Bremen; University of Calgary; University of Cape Town; University of Groningen; University of Helsinki; University of Victoria
- Link:https://www.crices-h2020.eu/home
The Arctic and Antarctic regions are experiencing rapid and unprecedented changes due to polar and global climate change, clearly caused by anthropogenic activities. 21st century projections show substantial decrease of sea ice in both Arctic and Antarctic, which are expected to impact people in the Arctic and also society beyond polar regions.
The CRiceS project focuses on improving model predictions of the role of polar processes in the climate system that consists of the oceans, ice and snow cover, and the atmosphere. It is crucial to understand the role of the polar processes, such as feedback loops, in polar and global climate. One of the main ways scientists can improve our understanding of environmental change is to combine knowledge from different disciplines in a coordinated way.
The CRiceS project brings together 20 international research teams, from Europe, Canada, South Africa, and India, at the forefront of polar and global climate research. The CRiceS research project aims to enhance the modelling of the impacts that these regions have for the global climate.
