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News Release 13-150
NSF Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics awards explore links among Earth processes and systems
Scientists investigate a changing planet now and in the past, with a view toward predicting its future
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From burning hot to freezing cold places, FESD awardees conduct research on Earth systems.
Credit: NASA
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Volcanoes, ice, oceans and carbon: Their connections are the subject of FESD research.
Credit: USGS
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Scientists funded by the FESD Program are studying Andes and Amazon biodiversity.
Credit: Adrian Tejedor
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Banded iron formations: important in the development of Earth's oxygenated environment.
Credit: Ariel Anbar
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Deposits in Kenya's Lake Turkana help scientists link paleoclimate and human evolution.
Credit: Andrew Cohen
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FESD grantees are studying the ozone hole and its effects on Southern Hemisphere climate.
Credit: NASA
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