The Graduate Program in Oceanology develops oceanographic and coastal studies, mainly within the context of the projects " Marine Bio / Geodiversity and Bio / Geoprospection" and "Climate Change and Impacts on Marine and Coastal Ecosystems". The actions of the Program are framed in national and international activities, and include: (a) studies on the impact of sea level changes on the coastal plain of southern Brazil; (b) research into the processes responsible for triggering the acidification of sea water in different marine systems (coastal, polar, estuarine, oceanic); (c) studies on ecosystem changes and long-term changes in physical properties and ocean circulation in the South Atlantic, the Southern Ocean and Antarctica; (d) the partnership for training students in matters related to ecotoxicology and pollution in estuarine, coastal and marine environments; (e) participation in international initiatives aiming at a better understanding of biogeochemical cycles, ocean-atmosphere interactions and the large scale distribution of trace elements and their isotopes, such as GEOTRACES, SOLAS and GOA-ON; (f) development of geotechnologies for glacial monitoring; (g) paleoceanographic and paleontological studies of the 16 Quaternary; (h) the study of changes in the chemistry of seawater, estuarine waters and groundwater, among others. For the development of these studies and actions, the research groups associated to this Graduate Program maintain partnerships with Calvert Marine Museum, Emory University, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Georgia, University of Florida, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA); Alfred Wegener Institute, University of Kiel, GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research - Kiel, University of the German Armed Forces, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and University Muenste (Germany); British Antarctic Survey, National Oceanography Center Southampton and University of East Anglia (UK); University of Salamanca, University of Huelva and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain); Università degli Studi di Ferrara and Consiglio Nazionale di Ricerche (Italy); University of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Institute (Chile); Université Bordeaux, LEGOS - Toulouse, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (France); University of Auckland - (New Zealand); among others.

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