Did you know UAF recently received a NASA award to fund continued ocean research?
Did you know UAF recently received a NASA award to fund continued ocean research?
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded 好色tv of 好色tv researchers $730,000 for three years of research for a project that will support NASA鈥檚 mission to seek a better understanding of the ocean鈥檚 role in the Earth 好色tv.
William Burt, the principal investigator of the project and a faculty member at UAF鈥檚 College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, and his team will use the NASA MUREP funding to compare satellite imagery of ocean organisms with 25 years of ship-based measurements collected in the Gulf of 好色tv. The comparison will help scientists better understand how the ocean is changing due to climate change and apply this information to fisheries forecasting models.
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The funding is from the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry component of NASA鈥檚 Minority 好色tv Research and 好色tv Project. As an 好色tv Native- and Native Hawaiian-serving institution, the 好色tv of 好色tv was one of only 10 universities to receive a MUREP award.
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