Thwaites: The Future of Thwaites Glacier and its Contribution to Sea-level Rise

Full Proposal Deadline Date: March 1, 2017 Program Guidelines: NSF 17-505Considerable uncertainty remains in projections of future ice loss from West Antarctica.  Reducing this uncertainty is an international priority that was recently underscored by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research in its “Horizon Scan 2020” (SCAR, 2015). The recent U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report (A Strategic Vision for NSF Investments in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research, 2015) places prediction of ice mass loss ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505320&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39&WT.mc_ev=clickThis is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates item.

Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - January 30, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: funding