AQUARIUS Funding Call – Marine and Freshwater Infrastructure Access: Open 02 September 2025 – 28 October 2025
AR7E-2026
Physical chemical, biogeochemical chemical, and biological observations from Ireland to Greenland
Funded by AQUARIUS Transnational Access Call 1
The AR7E-2026 project aims to conduct hydrographic and biological observations from Ireland to Greenland.
Research Infrastructure Used: RV Celtic Explorer
“As our capability to monitor and understand the ocean continues to expand, from the circulation of heat and carbon to microbial biological dynamics, it’s exciting to contribute to observing a region significant both for its role in global climate and the importance of local marine ecosystems. The infrastructure access provided by AQUARIUS facilitates collaboration and enables us to collect a whole range of data to form a better picture of the relationships between biological, biogeochemical, and physical processes.”
National Oceanography Centre
PARTNERS
MAIN OBJECTIVES
The AR7E-2026 project aims to conduct hydrographic and biological observations from Ireland to Greenland. Using ship-based measurements, it will extend climate-quality time series of physical and biogeochemical variables used to monitor transports into and out of the eastern subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA), and initiate systematic biological observations linking plankton community composition to other ocean parameters. This will improve understanding of ecological processes and connectivity in the eastern SPNA, from the deep ocean to the Greenlandic boundary.
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AQUARIUS TA Project Name:
Physical, biogeochemical, and biological observations from Ireland to Greenland
Project acronym:
AR7E-2026
TA Project Unique ID:
18
Partners involved:
• National Oceanography Centre
• NORCE (Norwegian Research Centre)
• Scottish Association for Marine Science
• Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Start date
TBC (Summer 2026)
End date
TBC (Summer 2026)
Mission Lighthouse Region
Atlantic-Arctic
Work/research geographical
area
Subpolar North Atlantic (SPNA): From Ireland to Greenland, including
the Iceland and Irminger basins.
Names of RI facilities used
RV Celtic Explorer
Scientific discipline(s)
e.g. physical oceanography, biological oceanography, geology,
chemical oceanography, etc.
Principal Investigator
(PI) Affiliation
National Oceanography Centre
Relevant links
This project is a part of AtlantiS and contributes to the GO-SHIP and Bio-GO-SHIP observing programs.