Project Grant 2103129

The University of California Irvine was awarded a three-year, $607,706 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: P2C2--SPELEOTHEM CONSTRAINTS ON SEASONAL HYDROCLIMATE VARIABILITY IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA SINCE THE LATE PLEISTOCENE." The grant is funded through the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Specifically, UC Irvine will leverage speleothem data to develop constraints on seasonal hydroclimate variability in mainland Southeast Asia over late Pleistocene time periods. The research aims to expand fundamental knowledge of past regional climate conditions through July 2024 at UC Irvine's location in Irvine, California.