Research Programme "PACES"
Within the Helmholtz research field "Earth and Environment" Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht participates the research programme PACES (Polar Regions and Coasts in the changing Earth System).
The programme aims at identifying the role of processes at high latitudes on past, current and future changes of the Earth system. Research will focus on
1. the changing Arctic and Antarctic,
2. coasts affected and mediated by climatic and anthropogenic drivers,
3. lessons from the Earth’s past, and
4. a synthesis via the integration of the polar perspective into Earth System models.
To achieve these goals the programmes rely on existing and will develop new sophisticated modern infrastructure for coastal, ocean and polar research. PACES will provide insights on naturally driven Earth climate fluctuations and their anthropogenic perturbation and consequential effects and thus provides the basic scientific understanding for appropriate political decisions.
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The programme aims at identifying the role of processes at high latitudes on past, current and future changes of the Earth system. Research will focus on
1. the changing Arctic and Antarctic,
2. coasts affected and mediated by climatic and anthropogenic drivers,
3. lessons from the Earth’s past, and
4. a synthesis via the integration of the polar perspective into Earth System models.
To achieve these goals the programmes rely on existing and will develop new sophisticated modern infrastructure for coastal, ocean and polar research. PACES will provide insights on naturally driven Earth climate fluctuations and their anthropogenic perturbation and consequential effects and thus provides the basic scientific understanding for appropriate political decisions.
