Project Grant 1737687

This Project Grant award in the amount of $500,000, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) 47.050 Geosciences program, supports research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of sub-Arctic Alaska and Mongolia. The interdisciplinary research project aims to assess the impact of climate and socioeconomic changes on local communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure,...

This $642,666 National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs project grant will fund research into fire-biotic disturbance interactions and their sensitivity to climate change in the North American boreal biome. The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. will use computer simulations to better understand the impacts and threats of new pests, herbivores, and diseases in Alaskan boreal forests, and how these disturbances may interact with fire and climate to alter carbon storage. The...

This Project Grant award of $416,328 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research project to develop two 1,000-year records of temperature variability and extremes in North Asia using wood anatomical traits. The project aims to assess the relationship between volcanic eruptions and cold conditions, as well as characterize longer-term temperature variability in the region. This research, led by William Paterson University of New...

This three-year, $482,571 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078), will fund collaborative research between Columbia University, the University of Alberta, and the University of Toronto to understand the impacts of extreme climate events on Arctic Indigenous peoples. The research team, led by Columbia University, will analyze archival materials, oral histories, and tree ring data to identify...

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), doing business as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), received a five-year, $102,313 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities. The grant supports the "Collaborative Research: GCR: Co-Defining Climate Refugia to Inform the Management of Mountain Headwater Systems" project under the NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA #47.083). The project aims to enhance...

This Project Grant award of $1,121,416 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports collaborative research by Colorado State University to investigate how the structural and functional diversity of forest ecosystems influences ecological climate and climate change. The project will use data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) to evaluate how forest canopy structure and function impact local and regional climate patterns....

This $305,340 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports U.S. researchers participating in a multinational Belmont Forum initiative on global environmental change research. The project aims to investigate how indigenous ecological knowledge and diverse technical knowledge can be used to develop adaptation pathways to address climate change challenges. The U.S. researchers will collaborate with partners from at least three other countries...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $581,673 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of New Hampshire, operating through its Office of Sponsored Research. The five-year grant aims to analyze the complex linkages between climate, hydrology, and social systems in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of Alaska and Mongolia. The research will assess the combined impacts of climate and socioeconomic changes on human well-being and ecosystem...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks received a three-year, $585,834 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct collaborative research on atmospheric controls of moisture extremes over Greenland. The grant was awarded under the Polar Programs program (CFDA 47.078), which supports basic research best conducted in or related to the polar regions. Through statistical analyses of historical atmospheric data and climate model experiments using CESM versions...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs provides $499,526 to fund a collaborative research project examining how changes in vegetation composition may impact climate-driven wildfire growth in the boreal forests of Northwestern North America. The three-year award runs from November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. will lead the research effort to strengthen understanding of polar regions, as called for...