Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Amount

$69,240.00

Award Date

9/24/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The cause of the end-Permian mass extinction remains controversial. However, some combination of CO2 or H2S toxicity and/or climate change, triggered or catalyzed by the eruption of the Siberian Traps, appears to be the most likely kill mechanism. The bio