This $193,418 National Science Foundation project grant through the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) will fund research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to map the capillary hydrologic system across Arctic tundra regions and assess its role in freshwater and carbon flows to major rivers. The three-year research project will use graph analysis techniques and deep learning algorithms applied to high-resolution satellite imagery to map ice wedges and the expanding capillary...
This three-year, $294,517 National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs project grant will support the development of geospatial products mapping the capillary hydrological system across Arctic tundra regions. The University of Massachusetts Amherst will produce a pan-Arctic map of the expanding network of small surface drainage channels that originate freshwater flows to larger Arctic rivers. Researchers will apply graph analysis techniques and deep learning algorithms to very...
This three-year, $302,382 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs will support the Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc. in mapping the capillary hydrological system across Arctic tundra regions. As permafrost thaws due to climate change, dense networks of small surface drainage channels are forming and expanding. These "capillaries" represent the origin of water flowing into large Arctic rivers and influence habitat, infrastructure hazards, and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded $209,177 under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to Southern Oregon University to develop geospatial products mapping the capillary hydrologic system across Arctic tundra landscapes from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Field work and remote sensing analyses will produce the first pan-Arctic map of the expanding network of small surface channels and quantify their role in generating freshwater and carbon...
The University of Connecticut was awarded a two-year, $272,619 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct research titled "Carbonate System Dynamics and Biogeochemistry in a Changing Arctic." The grant was awarded on June 1, 2021 with a completion date of May 31, 2023. Under the NSF's Polar Programs, which supports basic research in the polar regions under Assistance Listing Number 47.078, the University will analyze the carbonate system...
This $249,863 National Science Foundation project grant through the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) will fund research and educational outreach at Appalachian State University from January 2024 through December 2028. The university will conduct research to develop a process-based understanding of biophysical controls on groundwater availability in permafrost regions and quantify responses to climate change. Models and statistical analysis will generate a conceptual framework...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Polar Programs grant, awarded under CFDA 47.078, supports a research project at the University of New Mexico (UNM) to study the physical and chemical drivers of carbon cycling in Arctic landscapes. The $149,288 award will fund one postdoctoral researcher and analysis of field samples collected from the Canning River in Alaska. The project aims to develop a model simulating carbon flow across the Arctic landscape, including the transformation of...
The University of Wyoming received a $297,116 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on November 1, 2021 for collaborative research under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The research aims to establish an Arctic observing network to monitor the transformation of the Greenland ice sheet's firn layer through October 31, 2026. The Polar Programs grant program supports basic research best conducted in or about the polar regions to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to the Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc. under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The award will fund research from September 2022 through August 2025 to study the mobilization, microbial transformation, and uptake of carbon and mercury from thawing permafrost soils into aquatic food webs in Arctic Alaska. Specifically, the grantee will conduct field studies using metagenomics and...
This $1,039,772 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to study the impacts of warming saline permafrost in the Arctic. The key research objectives are to: 1) Analyze the spatial distribution and properties of saline permafrost, 2) Assess how ice wedge formation and thaw have influenced near-surface saline permafrost, and 3) Determine the response of warming saline permafrost...