The University of Alaska Fairbanks was awarded a $1.7 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct research titled "Submarine Basins, Steppe, and Sea Ice: Paleoclimate and Paleoecology of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene Bering Sea Shelf" from August 2021 through July 2024.
The research funded under this award will investigate the paleoclimate and paleoecology of the Bering Sea shelf through the late Pleistocene and Holocene periods using sediment cores. The goal is to expand fundamental knowledge of the polar regions by reconstructing environmental conditions in the Bering Sea, including changes in sea ice cover, ocean circulation and terrestrial vegetation. This work directly supports the mission of the National Science Foundation Polar Programs, which provides grants to encourage basic research conducted in or focused on the polar regions in order to strengthen understanding of these areas.
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