The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, received a $656,302 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to study the impact of glacial melt on seafloor mineral transformations and associated impacts on ocean chemistry in Arctic fjords. The 3-year project aims to collect and analyze sediment samples from Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, and conduct laboratory studies to understand the specific silicate mineral reactions occurring, the elements being taken up or released, and how climate change may affect these processes. The research will help constrain the potential impacts of Arctic coastal environmental change on larger-scale oceanic processes and biogeochemical cycling. Subawards are not planned under this award.
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