Professor Moon Wooseok's Team Selected for the 2025 Polar Open Innovation Project
Aims to Enhance Accuracy of Arctic Climate Change Predictions
Will Analyze Summer Instability Mechanisms of Arctic Sea Ice
Expected to Contribute to Global Climate Policy and Industrial Competitiveness
The research team led by Professor Moon Wooseok (Department of Environmental Atmospheric Science) at Pukyong National University has been selected for the 2025 Polar Open Innovation Project by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion.
Research team (from left: Geunyoung Kim, Wooseok Moon, Ikjun Hwang). Provided by Pukyong National University
This project is an open call for proposals on Arctic Ocean and seabed environment exploration. Its purpose is to strengthen research capabilities on the Arctic Ocean by studying the ocean-ecosystem-seabed environment of the polar region (Arctic Ocean), which is highly sensitive to global climate and environmental changes.
The title of the project proposed by Professor Moon Wooseok's team, which was selected for this initiative, is "Arctic Sea Ice Albedo Feedback from a New Perspective: Analysis of Summer Instability Mechanisms Based on Field Observations and Reanalysis Data."
The research team will receive 525 million KRW in research funding by next year to improve the accuracy of sea ice change predictions by reflecting the late summer instability mechanisms of the Arctic. As the reduction of Arctic sea ice is closely linked to global climate change, this research is expected to play an important role in improving the accuracy of global climate prediction models.
The team plans to directly explore the Arctic to collect data on ocean heat flux, ice-atmosphere interactions, and albedo effects, aiming to go beyond current climate prediction models by identifying additional sea ice heat supply processes and significantly enhancing the accuracy of Arctic sea ice area reduction predictions.
In addition, for statistical modeling of climate data, the team will conduct comparative verification by analyzing and preprocessing observational data from the icebreaker research vessel Araon, as well as reanalysis data on the Arctic atmosphere and ocean.
Professor Moon Wooseok said, "Through this research, we expect to provide important information for policies aimed at preventing climate change by improving the accuracy of Arctic climate predictions, and to contribute to strengthening industrial competitiveness related to the opening of Arctic shipping routes and the development of energy resources."
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