NSF Awards $2.5M Grant to Antarctic Research Facility at Florida
By Florida State University
July 13, 2009
Times are tough, especially in the Sunshine State, but with a new, five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, life is cooler than ever at the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility.
The grant is double the facility’s previous funding from NSF, which established the ice-cold curatorial and research center at The Florida State University in 1963.
“The Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility has been a signature feature of the sciences at Florida State for many years, and this recognition by the National Science Foundation guarantees that it will remain so for years to come,” said FSU College of Arts and Sciences Dean Joseph Travis.
“Learning more about past ice-shelf fluctuations significantly increases our understanding of Antarctica’s potential responses to future global-scale climate changes,” Wise said. “Those responses will be profoundly important to Florida and other low-lying regions that are most vulnerable to sea-level changes.”
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