The University of California, Santa Barbara will research what controls the marine refractory dissolved organic carbon reservoir through a $389,988 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences' Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This three-year award beginning July 15, 2021 will fund collaborative research to strengthen understanding of the integrated earth system through basic research of the ocean sciences. Specifically, the university will investigate the...
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...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $681,045 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to evaluate Southern Ocean control of global marine silicon isotope distribution from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. Through this award, UC Santa Barbara will conduct basic research to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes and expand fundamental knowledge of factors influencing...
The University of California Santa Cruz will receive $849,702 through August 2024 from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to study microbial control of dissolved organic nitrogen in the ocean. Using new amino acid tracers, the University will conduct research on bacterial sources and cycling of refractory dissolved organic nitrogen. This project grant aims to strengthen fundamental understanding of the integrated...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $561,018 project grant to the University of South Carolina under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research examining three decades of foraminiferal assemblages in the Santa Barbara Basin. Over the three-year period from July 2022 to June 2025, the University will create a thirty-year record of planktic foraminifera abundances from stored samples collected in the Santa Barbara Basin, California....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) a $421,447 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to acquire an isotope ratio mass spectrometer and supporting peripheral instruments. This equipment will expand UCSB's Marine Science Institute analytical capability to conduct advanced chemical analyses of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide and small organic molecules. The new instrumentation will enable interdisciplinary...
The University of California, Santa Barbara was awarded a $499,871 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2026. The grant funds the "RCN: ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF A DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SCIENCE COMMUNITY AND RESEARCH AGENDA" project being conducted by UC Santa Barbara's Office of Research. The project aims to promote progress in the...
The University of California Santa Cruz received a two-year, $142,510 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds collaborative research to uncover marine carbon chemistry dynamics during deglaciation through the use of boron isotopes and radiocarbon dating. The research aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system by increasing understanding of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences processes. The grant...
This $636,904 National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities project grant funds the MARISCO (Marine Research and Innovation for a Sustainable Management of Coasts and Oceans) program through January 2024. The grant supports the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand fundamental knowledge of integrated Earth systems through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Under this award, the University of California, Santa Barbara will lead collaborative...
The University of California, Santa Barbara will research carbon storage in mangrove ecosystems via abiotic sulfurization under a $497,604 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences' Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The three-year award beginning July 1, 2021 will fund basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through investigating the ability of mangrove ecosystems to store carbon through abiotic sulfurization processes. By...