Primary Recipient

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

Amount

$399,468.00

Award Date

7/17/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The Arctic has been experiencing the great warming and ecological changes in recent decades. The Holocene thermal maximum, about 11000-9000 years ago in Alaska, was the last pronounced warm period. The warm and possibly dry climate resulted in unusual eco