041222 $1.7 Million NSF Grant for TAMU-CC to Fund Climate Change Research in Antarctic Waters
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – While many of us have seen viral videos of icebergs crashing into the sea, few have ventured to explore what lies beneath the ocean’s surface that’s causing such phenomena. Why are the iceberg’s melting so fast, what levels of methane and petroleum is this ocean ice trapping, and how will the release affect the overlying ocean and atmosphere?
Dedicated to contributing to a better understanding of this question is Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Dr. Richard Coffin, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences. Coffin, in collaboration with an expert team of researchers from around the world, will explore the phenomena of sea warming during two expeditions off the coast of the Antarctic, starting in December 2022. The research is funded by a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation and will be dispersed over the next three years.
Read MoreDedicated to contributing to a better understanding of this question is Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Dr. Richard Coffin, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences. Coffin, in collaboration with an expert team of researchers from around the world, will explore the phenomena of sea warming during two expeditions off the coast of the Antarctic, starting in December 2022. The research is funded by a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation and will be dispersed over the next three years.
