Cooperative Agreement W911KB2520012

This Project Grant award for $200,000, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research at Clarkson University to investigate the impact of climate change and permafrost degradation on the dynamic behavior of pile foundations in Alaska. The key objectives are to: (1) characterize how the distribution of frozen and unfrozen soil layers affects the dynamic stiffness and damping of soil-pile systems through laboratory tests; and (2) study...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $313,686 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to conduct collaborative research on building resilience along permafrost river corridors in Alaska. The key objectives of this research are to: 1) develop advanced information-based tools for decision-making, including river erosion forecasting models and watershed monitoring networks; and 2) explore physical solutions to...

This three-year, $302,382 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs will support the Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc. in mapping the capillary hydrological system across Arctic tundra regions. As permafrost thaws due to climate change, dense networks of small surface drainage channels are forming and expanding. These "capillaries" represent the origin of water flowing into large Arctic rivers and influence habitat, infrastructure hazards, and...

This $193,418 National Science Foundation project grant through the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) will fund research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to map the capillary hydrologic system across Arctic tundra regions and assess its role in freshwater and carbon flows to major rivers. The three-year research project will use graph analysis techniques and deep learning algorithms applied to high-resolution satellite imagery to map ice wedges and the expanding capillary...

This $378,140 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a research project at Auburn University focused on the multiscale characterization of permafrost and frozen soil properties. The project aims to bridge the knowledge gap in predicting how permafrost will respond to warming temperatures over time by examining permafrost at scales ranging from ice crystals to frozen landscapes. Using advanced imaging techniques, laboratory...

This $121,069 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a collaborative research project to understand and forecast long-term variations in the geophysical and geomechanical characteristics of degrading permafrost in Arctic Alaska due to climate change. The project will embed a 1.5-kilometer fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing array in Utqiaġvik, Alaska to monitor permafrost conditions over time. The research team will develop...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports community-based mitigation and adaptation strategies for river flooding and erosion in Alaska Native communities. Iowa State University will lead workshops and field visits with community members, local governments, and scientists in Bethel, Alaska and surrounding villages to solicit input on climate adaptation goals focused on infrastructure,...

This $1,039,772 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to study the impacts of warming saline permafrost in the Arctic. The key research objectives are to: 1) Analyze the spatial distribution and properties of saline permafrost, 2) Assess how ice wedge formation and thaw have influenced near-surface saline permafrost, and 3) Determine the response of warming saline permafrost...

This $549,097 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will fund the "Collaborative Research: The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network-CALM VI (2025-2028): Long-Term Observations on Arctic Permafrost" project. The project will collect long-term standardized measurements of active layer thickness and dynamics in the Arctic to enhance understanding of permafrost, improve global ecosystem models, and support infrastructure...

This $138,008 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will support the "Collaborative Research: The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network-CALM VI (2025-2028): Long-Term Observations on Arctic Permafrost" project. The project aims to conduct long-term standardized measurements of active-layer thickness and dynamics across the Arctic to enhance understanding of permafrost, which is critical for infrastructure planning and...