ARIA Forecasting Tipping Points

Combining expertise in observation and modelling with innovative sensing systems, ARIA will look to develop a proof-of-concept for an early warning system for climate tipping points that is affordable, sustainable and justified.

This will be achieved through a targeted deployment of low-cost sensing systems, to be tested in a multi-year field campaign, whose data can be integrated with advances in physics- and AI-driven models to push the frontiers of knowledge for climate tipping points.

Deadline for concept papers: 23 September 2024 [12:00 BST] – not required but heavily encouraged.

Fund Details

This programme is split into three technical areas (TAs). Projects that span all three TAs are strongly encouraged.

1. Design: Will design an affordable, sustainable and just sensing system that addresses our unmet observational needs in harsh environments.
2. Deploy: Will deploy existing and new sensing systems in a coordinated multi-year field campaign, targeted at the Greenland ice sheet and subpolar gyre.
3. Model: Will unlock mathematical, physical and computational methods necessary to characterise tipping point dynamics, the subsequent impacts, and economic consequences of crossing tipping points.

Eligibility

Applications are welcomed from across the R&D ecosystem, including individuals, universities, research institutions, small, medium and large companies, charities and public sector research organisations.