Recycling versus loss in the marine nitrogen cycle: controls, feedbacks, and the impact of expanding low oxygen regions
Photo: Alex Ingle, Schmidt Ocean Institute
About RECLESS
RECLESS studies oxygen depleted areas in the ocean, which play a major role in regulating the marine nitrogen cycle, impacting Earth’s climate. However, gaps in our understanding of the underlying microbial dynamics prohibit robust predictions of how this will evolve in the future ocean.
RECLESS uses a novel multidisciplinary approach combining oceanographic, biogeochemical, microbiological, and modelling studies to create the first comprehensive global microbial ecosystem model for oxygen depleted marine systems.
The model will help scientists predict how ongoing deoxygenation impacts nitrogen cycling, nitrogen loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and the overall carbon cycle.
Contact
Principle Investigators
RECLESS Project Management
Dr. Laura Bristow
University of Gothenburg
Dr. Bo Thamdrup
University of Southern Denmark
Dr. Katharina Kitzinger
University of Vienna
Dr. Emily Zakem
Carnegie Science
Kimberly Rogers – Project Manager
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Gothenburg
Medicinaregatan 7B
413 90 Göteborg
kimberly.rogers@gu.se
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe ERC Synergy Grant programme under grant agreement No 101118693 – RECLESS. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
This website and project uses imagery provided by Schmidt Ocean Institute via its Creative Commons license but the institute is not affiliated with RECLESS.
