NSF Award Abstract - #0083331| NSF Award Abstract - #0083331 |
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| NSF Org | OPP |
| Latest Amendment Date | September 19, 2000 |
| Award Number | 0083331 |
| Award Instrument | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager |
Neil R. Swanberg OPP OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS O/D OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR |
| Start Date | September 15, 2000 |
| Expires | August 31, 2003 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $99972 (Estimated) |
| Investigator | James H. Morison morison@apl.washington.edu (Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
U of Washington 3935 University Way NE Seattle, WA 981056613 206/543-4043 |
| NSF Program | 5219 ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE PROGRAM |
| Field Application | 0311000 Polar Programs-Related |
| Program Reference Code | 0000,1079,1608,OTHR, |
Over the last several decades, the Arctic has experienced unprecedented climate change, with dramatic reduction in sea-ice coverage and the warming of both lands and oceans. The driving forces for these changes are currently believed to be greenhouse warming and cyclic oscillations in the atmospheric circulation. Ecosystem structure in the more-southerly Bering Sea has been dramatically altered and a few scattered observations suggests that alterations in food-webs are occurring elsewhere in the more isolated Arctic. Few comprehensive studies of the ecosystem structure and function have been done in the enclosed Arctic, yet it is straightforward to expect dramatic and non-linear biotic changes. In this Incubation Activity, the P.I. proposes to develop a research plan for studying Arctic environmental change and its impact on the ecosystem and society. This proposal would establish a multidisciplinary team of experts which would lead 2 workshops over 24 months to develop a strategy for evaluating biological and societal impacts of the physical environmental changes.
