ERC Consolidator Grant for Dr. Núria Casacuberta-Arola
Dr. Núria Casacuberta-Arola is an Environmental Scientist and a specialist in studying ocean circulation by looking at trace elements. In her ERC project, she will use a novel approach that combines artificial and natural radioactive tracers to study the fluxes, circulation timescales and mixing processes of waters in the Arctic and subpolar North Atlantic oceans.
The Arctic and subpolar North Atlantic oceans feed one of the main engines of the global ocean, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Núria Casacuberta-Arola wants to answer some open questions regarding the underlying physical mechanisms of water mass transport in this polar region that plays a key role in regulating climate on Earth. She is currently hosted at IBP by Lenny Winkel.
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