Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI)

Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) is sponsored by Schmidt Sciences, in partnership with Schmidt Ocean Institute. OBVI supports projects addressing gaps in ocean data and modeling efforts by improving the breadth of research and expanding capacity to understand ocean resources, with a focus on how much carbon dioxide the ocean can hold and the resilience of marine ecosystems.

Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) - Schmidt Sciences Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI) OBVI advances understanding of ocean carbon cycling and ecosystem resilience across scales—from animal guts to global oceans—through integrated observations, models, and platforms The ocean plays a profound role in regulating Earth’s climate and acts as a vast repository for carbon and heat.

Studies to date reveal that the ocean has absorbed and stored nearly one-third of the carbon dioxide that humans have emitted over the last century. The question of whether it can continue to do so at the same rate is one of the most critical ones we face today.

Ocean biogeochemists have developed a broad understanding of how the ocean influences climate, as well as how the ocean sequesters carbon from the Earth’s atmosphere, and the consequences of this increased carbon storage for marine ecosystems.

We are lacking, however, a deeper fundamental and mechanistic understanding of the physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes that govern the cycling and storage of carbon in the ocean. We have much to learn about the connections between carbon and other elemental cycles, and the specific roles that marine life plays in shaping those relationships.

Current gaps in knowledge impede our ability to predict the extent to which the ocean can continue to sequester carbon dioxide, as well as our ability to predict the structure, function, and resilience of marine ecosystems in a rapidly warming world.

Generate a mechanistic understanding of controls on oxygen, carbon, and particle dynamics through co-production of measurements and models Develop an integrated understanding of ocean biogeochemical processes from the open ocean to the coastal margin, using models to link processes and fluxes across marine environments and ecosystems Create a lasting impact on the global ocean science community through strengthening international research networks and knowledge sharing, leveraging new and existing efforts Advance new observation and modeling frameworks and methods of multiscale data-model integration, data synthesis, and model comparison to test ocean biogeochemistry research hypotheses Integration of models and observations across scales (InMOS) Oxygen and biogeochemical dynamics along the west African margin: Processes and consequences (WAM) Ocean Margins Initiative (OMI) Subtropical Underwater Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Export Alliance (SUBSEA) Animals as Living Bioreactors: The role of animal gut microbiomes in shaping oceanic carbon cycling and export OBVI Supports a Global Team Current Advisory Board Members University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Technion – Israel Institute of Technology More Climate programs and initiatives Virtual Institute for Earth’s Water (VIEW) Virtual Earth System Research Institute (VESRI) Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC) Decarbonization and Energy Program The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.

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