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Bronte Tilbrook
Chief Scientist
Dr Bronte Tilbrook is an oceanographer involved in research
on the ocean carbon cycle. He completed a doctorate in chemical
oceanography at the University of Hawaii on the production and
consumption of trace gases in the surface mixed layer of the
ocean. His research now involves characterizing and understanding
the major drivers of ocean CO2 uptake and storage, and determining
how ocean acidification is evolving.
He is based at CSIRO in Hobart and his research emphasis is on the Southern Ocean
and Australian regional seas, including the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea
regions. The work uses a variety of ship and moored platforms to determine
the air-sea exchange of CO2 and carbonate chemistry, and deep-ocean sections
to trace the storage and uptake pathways of anthropogenic carbon into the ocean
interior.
He has participated in more than twenty research cruises in the Indian, Pacific,
Atlantic and Southern Oceans, including submersible work on deep ocean vents.
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13/08/08
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