This $194,921 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will fund collaborative research to constrain and understand regional modes of variability in the Atlantic Arctic over the next two years. The overarching goal is to quantitatively study climate patterns and their long-term changes in the Atlantic Arctic and sub-Arctic regions using a variety of data sources, including meteorological measurements, historical observations, and climate...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $174,000 project grant to support research examining the impact of varying sediment supply on Arctic delta-front transport processes. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the award will support research from April 2021 to March 2023 exploring fundamental knowledge and increased understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the grant will fund analysis of how...
This $879,520 National Science Foundation award through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) funds a collaborative research project examining the implications of rapid Arctic change for fisheries and fishing communities in the western North Atlantic. Led by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, the project builds a network to develop a climate vulnerability assessment and predictive models evaluating how changes in the Arctic cryosphere and ocean circulation affect ecosystem and fishery...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Project Grant award, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $158,059 to Colorado State University from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The funding will support collaborative research to understand the impact of declining Arctic sea ice on summertime climate change, including the effects on atmospheric circulation patterns, heat waves, and extreme weather. The research approach includes analysis...
This Project Grant award of $261,675 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports research to improve predictive understanding of Arctic sea ice cover during the summer months. The project aims to develop new models using advanced machine learning methods to better forecast Arctic sea ice extent based on a diverse array of observational data. It will examine how various physical drivers, including local and remote climate components, interact to influence...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provided $124,081 to Princeton University from January 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022. The funding supported basic research under the Polar Programs federal grant program. The Polar Programs program, listed under the CFDA as 47.078, aims to strengthen understanding of polar regions through expanding fundamental knowledge. This award directly supported research related to calving icebergs and climate in Antarctica, consistent with the...
Oregon State University was awarded a $211,668 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop a computer model and conduct simulations quantifying the effects of Langmuir turbulence on sea ice and the Arctic Ocean. The model will be used to improve predictions of heat and salt transport in the ocean and shared publicly to aid other scientists and support education. The award will also support five...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Polar Programs grant program (CFDA 47.078) supports a collaborative research effort to investigate how physical oceanographic processes, such as water circulation and mixing, shape the productivity of fjord ecosystems in Greenland. The $1,038,209 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will fund field observations, computer modeling, and analysis to elucidate the linkages between physical transport...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $596,537 Project Grant to the University of Chicago to conduct collaborative research on understanding the impact of Arctic sea ice loss on summertime climate change. This 3-year award, which runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, is funded under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support basic research that expands knowledge and understanding of the Earth system. The key objectives of the...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities provides $793,505 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa for the development of a nonlinear reduced order modeling framework for marine structures operating in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The three-year award runs from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The funding supports research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through...