RII Track-2 FEC: An Interdisciplinary Program for Research, Education, and Outreach on Climate Change and Adaptive Resilience in the Yazoo - Mississippi Delta

RII Track-2 FEC：亚祖 - 密西西比三角洲气候变化和适应性恢复力研究、教育和推广的跨学科计划

• 批准号: 2316382
• 负责人: Shrinidhi Ambinakudige
• 金额: $ 399.92万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-08-01 至 2027-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316382&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RII; Track; FEC; Interdisciplinary; Program

In this collaborative interdisciplinary research program, Mississippi State University, the University of South Carolina, and Mississippi Valley State University work together to build a climate change education and research program in communities disproportionately affected by climate change in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta (The Delta). The Delta residents are often affected by floods, droughts, and tornadoes. In spite of its rich agricultural heritage, the Delta has high poverty rates, obesity, diabetes, and food insecurity. In this project, we will develop a climate model for the Delta, study social vulnerability to environmental hazards, and estimate resilience to climate change. We'll also study climate impacts on health, and climate risk as it's experienced and lived. The project will provide climate literacy to K-12 students, as well as workforce development for local communities. In addition, this project develops geospatial technology and climate change courses for Mississippi Community Colleges. Thus, many undergraduate students in the state will gain climate literacy and be prepared for graduate school. Research results will provide a road map of communities' risks and vulnerabilities to climate-related extreme events.This project investigates how historical and current land use patterns intersect with uneven climate vulnerability in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta (The Delta). It also determines the extent of resilience and adaptive capacity of underserved communities in the Delta. The objectives of the project are: (1) to develop a scenario-based climate change model and conduct a probabilistic risk analysis for land use and land cover changes in the Delta (2) to assess the current social vulnerability to environmental hazards and to estimate resilience capacity to climate change; (3) to bridge the gap between spatial indicators of vulnerability and climate risk as it is lived and experienced; (4) to determine the impacts of the intersections of climate-vulnerability and people’s health; (5) to increase climate literacy and develop a workforce in the underserved communities; and (6) to help improve adaptive capacity of the underserved communities by working with community organizations. The research will use an interdisciplinary approach including climate modeling, spatial and statistical modeling, interviews, photovoice, and documentation of environmental oral histories. Geospatial technologies and climate change will be taught online through a partnership with community colleges. Education and workforce components of the project aims to provide climate literacy to K-12 students, and workforce development opportunities for underserved communities. By combining community knowledge and scientific reasoning this study will bridge the gap in knowledge related to the interconnection between climate change and food security for marginalized populations. Through knowledge sharing across the research-practice divide, the research will improve communities' adaptive resilience to climate change. The proposed work will support early career faculty development. The project will help develop the environmental science, education, and justice workforce by recruiting and training students from underrepresented communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在这个跨学科合作研究项目中，密西西比州立大学、南卡罗来纳大学和密西西比河谷州立大学共同努力，在亚祖河-密西西比三角洲（三角洲）受气候变化影响严重的社区建立一个气候变化教育和研究项目。三角洲地区的居民经常受到洪水、干旱和龙卷风的影响。尽管拥有丰富的农业遗产，三角洲地区却有着高贫困率、肥胖、糖尿病和粮食不安全问题。在这个项目中，我们将为三角洲开发一个气候模型，研究社会对环境危害的脆弱性，并估计对气候变化的适应能力。我们还将研究气候对健康的影响，以及人们所经历和生活的气候风险。该项目将为K-12学生提供气候知识，并为当地社区提供劳动力发展。此外，该项目还为密西西比社区学院开发地理空间技术和气候变化课程。因此，该州的许多本科生将获得气候知识，并为研究生院做好准备。研究结果将提供社区对气候相关极端事件的风险和脆弱性的路线图。该项目调查了亚祖河-密西西比河三角洲（三角洲）历史和当前的土地利用模式如何与不均匀的气候脆弱性相交。它还决定了三角洲地区服务不足社区的复原力和适应能力。该项目的目标是：(1)建立基于情景的气候变化模型，并对三角洲土地利用和土地覆盖变化进行概率风险分析；(2)评估当前社会对环境危害的脆弱性，并评估对气候变化的恢复能力；(3)缩小脆弱性空间指标与气候风险之间的差距；(4)确定气候脆弱性与人类健康交叉点的影响；(5)在服务不足的社区提高气候知识和发展劳动力；(6)通过与社区组织合作，帮助改善服务不足社区的适应能力。这项研究将采用跨学科的方法，包括气候模型、空间和统计模型、访谈、照片语音和环境口述历史的记录。地理空间技术和气候变化将通过与社区大学的合作在线教授。该项目的教育和劳动力部分旨在向K-12学生提供气候知识，并为服务不足的社区提供劳动力发展机会。通过将社区知识与科学推理相结合，本研究将填补气候变化与边缘人口粮食安全之间相互联系的知识空白。通过跨越研究-实践鸿沟的知识共享，这项研究将提高社区对气候变化的适应能力。拟议的工作将支持早期职业教师的发展。该项目将通过招募和培训来自代表性不足社区的学生，帮助发展环境科学、教育和司法工作队伍。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。