The University of Connecticut was awarded a $329,753 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on May 15, 2021 for research titled "Collaborative Research: Sensitivity of Walker Circulation to CO2 Forcing During the Late Pliocene as an Analogue for Future Climate Change." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen...
Syracuse University was awarded a $488,302 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant is part of NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Under the award, Syracuse University will conduct collaborative research to test the hypothesis that reduction of aerobic habitat was a common kill mechanism for major mass extinction events. The research aims to expand...
Syracuse University was awarded a $582,713 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds research to quantify the impacts of agriculture on regional climate extremes through analysis of observational datasets, climate model simulations from the Community Earth System Model, and simulations from the Land Use Model Intercomparison Project. The Principal Investigators will examine...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $546,989 Project Grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division, under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program. The grant supports collaborative research to understand the non-linear and feedback mechanisms in the atmospheric circulation response to increased carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. The research aims to address the limited understanding of how warming-induced...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award to Syracuse University totaling $547,085 provides funding to determine the sensitivity of eastern North American hydroclimate to climate forcings and feedbacks during the last deglaciation period. The researchers will measure stable isotopes in leaf waxes archived in lake sediments along a latitudinal gradient to track northward moisture import into the region by the North Atlantic Subtropical High....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $508,160 in funding to Rutgers, The State University to conduct collaborative research on long-term changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels during past warm periods. The project aims to reconstruct the movement of the Southern Westerly Winds and evaluate its impact on the Southern Ocean's biological carbon pump and atmospheric CO2 concentrations over the last 900,000 years. The...
Syracuse University was awarded a $253,594 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Under this three-year award beginning September 2021, Syracuse University researchers will conduct collaborative research to revisit the water-saturated granite solidus. The funding will support basic research exploring...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research project to trace Pacific Ocean circulation and ventilation during the warm Pliocene epoch. The $387,909 award, made on August 15, 2024, will fund the generation of paleoceanographic records to test models suggesting a strong overturning circulation in the North Pacific during this period. The research will examine redox, temperature, and productivity proxies in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $601,138 Project Grant under its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to The Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on the nonlinearity and feedbacks in the atmospheric circulation response to increased carbon dioxide (CO2). The research aims to understand the mechanisms driving differences in circulation changes across climate models and the causes of nonlinear responses, such as the rapid weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning...
The National Science Foundation awarded Syracuse University a $274,764 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2025. The grant will support collaborative research on overstepping and the formation of metamorphic garnet through field, laboratory, geochronological, experimental and modeling studies. Key deliverables include field work, laboratory analysis, trace element thermometry, garnet geochronology, high-pressure and...