The University of California Santa Cruz will receive $398,673 in funding from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences through July 2024 to conduct collaborative research that will illuminate the Cenozoic alkenone pCO2 record. This Project Grant was awarded on August 1, 2021 under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. UC Santa Cruz, doing business as the Chancellor's Office, will leverage this three-year award to strengthen the national scientific enterprise by advancing fundamental knowledge of paleoclimate change through analysis of ancient alkenone biomarkers found in ocean sediments. The research is expected to yield new insights into past variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over millions of years.
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