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Coastal Ecosystem Effects of Climate Change (CEECC)

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Coastal and marine ecosystems are intimately linked to climate. The oceans respond to atmospheric variability and change, often in dramatic ways. These changes may be on multi-year time scales, such as El Niño/La Niña cycles, multi-decadal, such as responses to atmospheric indices such as the North Atlantic Oscillation and Pacific Decadal Oscillation, or some coastal environments may respond to incremental changes over longer time scales, such as sea level rise. Although much of the focus of climate change research as an environmental stressor has been on predicting atmospheric and terrestrial changes, comparatively less research has been centered on the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. CSCOR supports interdisciplinary, multi-year research programs investigating how oceanic and coastal oceans respond to climate variability and change. More

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