This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative U.S.-Swiss research effort to reconcile climate models and proxy data interpretations for the Miocene period, a past greenhouse climate era. The $359,809 award, spanning from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2028, will involve developing a proxy system model to better understand how climate proxies record past environmental conditions. The project aims to produce new datasets on atmospheric CO2 levels and temperature gradients during the Miocene to evaluate the ability of climate models to properly simulate past warm climates. Broader impacts include supporting an early-career female scientist and outreach activities in the U.S. and Switzerland. The award will be carried out by Purdue University as the prime awardee, with the Swiss National Science Foundation funding the Swiss research partners.
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