A marine research programme funded by the Danish government – MARiNAO - has proved very successful in gaining new essential knowledge on the environment in the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe-Scotland Ridge.
The subsea mountain ridge is considered a hotspot for climate change, even a possible tipping point for the entire system as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation – AMOC – dominates the large-scale ocean circulation in the area.
The overarching aims of the MARiNAO programme are to generate excellent science on the marine environment in the North Atlantic Ocean and to promote cooperation between the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark.
After an annual meeting of the participants in the projects funded so far the Programme Committee concluded that the programme has exceeded every expectations and expressed hope that the programme will continue and entrain other countries, particularly Iceland, Scotland and Norway.