Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program

Yeah, there's a few different programs that we were aware.

One of the main ones that we are interested, Brad and I, because this is the core of our work, is the withdrawal of Canada from a program called the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic, so OSNAP for short.

This program actually consists of instruments that are anchored at the bottom of the ocean.

This is called moorings.

Yeah, so we'll see what happens.

Brad Young, final thought, Professor Young, for today.

I'll just say that our more immediate kind of attention is will these commitments that have already been made turn into reality and so we have the program that Frederick mentioned OSNAP that needs funding to carry on it's been in the water for about a decade and right now we're pulling the instruments out of the water literally this month and we don't have the resources to put them back in If these announcements are real and there are funds that will be directed towards that program that will allow them to go back in the water, that would be a sign that there's been a shift and there really is a commitment to do these things.

So it's the rubber hitting the road.