NATIONAL CENTRE FOR POLAR AND OCEAN RESEARCH (NCPOR),GOA

Paleoclimate Key Objectives

Past climatic reconstruction and oceanographic changes using diatoms, foraminifera, coccolithophores as proxy.
Sea ice fluctuations and the associated variations in climate to refine climate change using diatoms in the immediate past.
To understand the downward flux of carbon that forms part of the sediment.
To understand the modern day changes and behavior of diatoms.
To study the biocoenosis and thanatocoenosis of diatoms in polar regions.
To understand the chemistry of ocean acidification and in particular, its impact on marine organisms.