IMBER – Research for marine sustainability: Synthesis and the way forward

Hofmann, Eileen, Bundy, Alida, Drinkwater, Ken, Piola, Alberto R., Avril, Bernard, Robinson, Carol ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3033-4565, Murphy, Eugene, Maddison, Lisa, Svendsen, Einar, Hall, Julie and Xu, Yi (2015) IMBER – Research for marine sustainability: Synthesis and the way forward. Anthropocene, 12. 42–53. ISSN 2213-3054

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Abstract

The Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) project aims at developing a comprehensive understanding of and accurate predictive capacity of ocean responses to accelerating global change and the consequent effects on the Earth system and human society. Understanding the changing ecology and biogeochemistry of marine ecosystems and their sensitivity and resilience to multiple drivers, pressures and stressors is critical to developing responses that will help reduce the vulnerability of marine-dependent human communities. This overview of the IMBER project provides a synthesis of project achievements and highlights the value of collaborative, interdisciplinary, integrated research approaches as developed and implemented through IMBER regional programs, working groups, project-wide activities, national contributions, and external partnerships. A perspective is provided on the way forward for the next 10 years of the IMBER project as the global environmental change research landscape evolves and as new areas of marine research emerge. IMBER science aims to foster collaborative, interdisciplinary and integrated research that addresses key ocean and social science issues and provides the understanding needed to propose innovative societal responses to changing marine systems.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: c 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: imber,global environmental change,marine ecosystems,biogeochemical cycles,human systems,marine sustainability,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Resources, Sustainability and Governance (former - to 2018)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (former - to 2017)
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2016 13:00
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2023 09:36
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57178
DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2015.12.002

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