Welcome to the Ross Sea research website!
Created by: Jack Pan
This site provides information about ongoing efforts to develop a Research Coordination Network (RCN) with the overarching goal of establishing a collaborative international interdisciplinary network that integrates policy and science in support of research and monitoring in the Ross Sea MPA.
Our proposed network comprises five key components (see above, boxes left to right): data science and cyberinfrastructure; biophysical modeling; observations and process studies; policy engagement; and stakeholder, public, and education engagement. Structurally, our proposed RCN is integrated within a policy-informed coordination space (outer ring of flywheel), within which policy-engaged science (second ring inward) is conducted. As a model MPA RCN, the Ross Sea region MPA (RSRMPA) sits at the core, where climate change and fishing are two key threats to ecosystem structure and function (second ring from core), thus the overarching motivation for policy-engaged science.
Please explore the above tabs to find our more about this effort, including a Planning Meeting (held October 2022) and its Outcomes, along with Ongoing Activities (including Working Groups) and Resources (including Funding opportunities).
Our proposed network comprises five key components (see above, boxes left to right): data science and cyberinfrastructure; biophysical modeling; observations and process studies; policy engagement; and stakeholder, public, and education engagement. Structurally, our proposed RCN is integrated within a policy-informed coordination space (outer ring of flywheel), within which policy-engaged science (second ring inward) is conducted. As a model MPA RCN, the Ross Sea region MPA (RSRMPA) sits at the core, where climate change and fishing are two key threats to ecosystem structure and function (second ring from core), thus the overarching motivation for policy-engaged science.
Please explore the above tabs to find our more about this effort, including a Planning Meeting (held October 2022) and its Outcomes, along with Ongoing Activities (including Working Groups) and Resources (including Funding opportunities).