University researchers to take part in six-year $50 million study
Mat DeLaire
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Campus
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Moran and Campbell were selected to receive the five grants after answering the NPRB and NSF's open request for applications.
"We're going to measure prior production, that is phytoplankton production, phytoplankton community structure, and the export of carbon … to learn how those parameters change with changing sea ice condition," Moran said regarding the planned research in the Bering Sea.
The URI news release also outlined the second half of the research to be done in the Arctic Ocean. The NSF Shelf Interaction Study has been accumulating data on the Arctic Ocean for the past decade. Moran will use this data to construct biological-physical models to help determine "climate warming scenarios."
URI will also use the grants to host an international workshop on the carbon cycle of the Arctic Sea. The workshop is slotted for sometime in the 2008-2009 academic year.
"[The workshop] will bring together scientists," Moran said, adding that the workshop will be open to both domestic and international scientists.
"We're going to measure prior production, that is phytoplankton production, phytoplankton community structure, and the export of carbon … to learn how those parameters change with changing sea ice condition," Moran said regarding the planned research in the Bering Sea.
The URI news release also outlined the second half of the research to be done in the Arctic Ocean. The NSF Shelf Interaction Study has been accumulating data on the Arctic Ocean for the past decade. Moran will use this data to construct biological-physical models to help determine "climate warming scenarios."
URI will also use the grants to host an international workshop on the carbon cycle of the Arctic Sea. The workshop is slotted for sometime in the 2008-2009 academic year.
"[The workshop] will bring together scientists," Moran said, adding that the workshop will be open to both domestic and international scientists.
