The highly chaotic behavior of the climate system combined with poorly understood ocean related processes and a lack of quantitative estimations of the ocean carbon budget are creating large uncertainties in future climate projections. This project aims to improve the understanding and quantification of the exchanges, transformations, and pathways through which oceanic carbon cycling and the Earth's climate system interact, with a focus on the Northwest Atlantic gateway as a major contributor to ocean carbon uptake and sequestration.

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• Synthesize knowledge and assess and quantify uncertainties regarding each carbon pathway;
• Explore carbon transport and storage with a particular interest in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC);
• Create numerical models to improve and predict sea ice dynamics.

Dr. Marie-Hélène Forget
Project Coordinator, Université Laval
Email: Marie-Helene.Forget@takuvik.ulaval.ca

Ludovic Pascal
Project Coordinator, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Email: Ludovic_Pascal@uqar.ca