SGER: Holocene and Modern Climate Change in the High Arctic: Evaluating the Feasibility of Running an REU site on Svalbard.

0221199 Werner这个奖项的建议是作为探索性研究的小额赠款（SGER）。 这是马萨诸塞州和伊利诺斯州芝加哥大学、贝茨学院和麻省理工学院的主要研究者之间的合作提案。霍利奥克学院。 主要研究者将确定在斯瓦尔巴群岛建立本科生研究经验（REU）网站的可行性，该网站专注于研究现代物理过程和冰川，湖泊，峡湾和近海岸海洋环境中全新世环境变化的代理记录。 斯瓦尔巴群岛是了解全球范围内气候和地球物理反馈的重要地点，在世纪，与大气变暖相关的海冰和冰川边缘大幅减少。代用记录表明，斯瓦尔巴特群岛在全新世晚期经历了显著的气候波动，在世纪末的小冰期达到顶峰。 该地区晚全新世气候记录良好，为海洋和陆地古环境研究提供了极好的机会，以了解海洋/大气系统的各种时空尺度。 目前，北极地区没有关注晚全新世环境变化的REU站点。主要研究人员预计，学生将在几个地点参加模块或项目，并进行的项目将成为在随后的学年高级论文项目。 他们将举办年度研讨会，学生们将在会上展示他们的研究成果。一个重要的目标是激励不同群体的本科生（特别是妇女，代表性不足的少数民族，如果可能的话，残疾人）在北极进行气候变化研究的回报和挑战。

0221199WernerThis recommendation for an award is being made as a Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER). This is a collaborative proposal among Principal Investigators at the Universities of Massachusetts and Illinois at Chicago, Bates College, and Mt. Holyoke College. The Principal Investigators will determine the feasibility of establishing an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site in Svalbard that focuses on studying modern physical processes and proxy records of Holocene environmental change in glacial, lacustrine, fjord, and near shore marine environments. Svalbard is an important location for understanding climate and geophysical feedbacks on global scales where, in the 20th century, there have been profound reductions in sea ice and retreating glacier margins associated with atmospheric warming. Proxy records indicate that Svalbard experienced significant climatic fluctuations during the Late Holocene, culminating with the Little Ice Age at the end of the 19th century. This area should offer excellent opportunities for marine and terrestrial paleoenvironmental research to understand the ocean/atmosphere system on a variety of spatial and temporal timescales due to its excellent record of Late Holocene climate. There are currently no REU Sites in the Arctic that focus on Late Holocene environmental change. The Principal Investigators anticipate that students will participate in modules or projects at several sites and that the projects undertaken will become senior thesis projects during the subsequent academic year. They will conduct an annual symposium where the students will present their research results. An important goal is to inspire a diverse group of undergraduate students (especially women, underrepresented minorities, and if possible, persons with disabilities) to the rewards and challenges of conducting climate change research in the Arctic.