Climate change is happening worldwide, but the Arctic provides an unusually rich and diverse environment to study its effects. https://lnkd.in/eazZGtw9
With an award of $15 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers at UConn, the Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Columbia University are forming the Evolving Meta-Ecosystems (EvoME) Institute to study ecosystem resilience in the Arctic.
UConn professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Mark Urban will co-lead the project, along with UConn scientists Jill Wegrzyn, Rachel O’Neill, Cory Merow, and Dan Bolnick. UConn contributors will work with experts in diverse disciplines from 14 institutions on the project over the next six years.
“Our larger goal is to come up with a more holistic view of ecosystem extending across time, space, disciplines, and ecosystems that we can use in forecasting the effects of climate change on the Arctic,” says Urban, who is founder and director of UConn’s Center of Biological Risk. “There are a lot of synergies here that will help us forecast the future. It will also enhance our ability to work together and learn from one another to answer these questions.”
Founder/Research Scientist at Remote Ecologist, Inc., a non-profit science & conservation organization | Fellow, The Explorers Club | Founder at Upwell Coffee Company
3yWay to go Dan!