Planning: Comparing Climate Change-Related Vulnerabilities in Greenland and Iceland

该奖项支持与北大西洋当地社区和机构发展合作关系和未来的研究问题，研究人员将探索环境变化对畜牧业经济的影响。从比较的角度来看，研究人员将进行初步的实地考察和采访，以评估最近的气候变化如何影响冰岛南部和格陵兰岛西南部的当地生态系统、生计和基础设施。研究问题包括最近的人口和经济变化如何影响参与者，以及卫星数据分析如何帮助当地利益攸关方适应气候变化的影响。研究小组将根据初步调查结果制定未来的研究计划，以回应参与社区的优先事项。该项目采用了社会科学的混合方法，包括访谈、焦点小组和现场访问。该项目将为国家科学基金会未来的提案奠定基础，同时探索利用卫星数据与冰岛和格陵兰的合作者一起评估景观和植被变化，并解决当地社区现有的数据需求。传播计划包括在专业会议上和参与社区的演讲，同行评议的期刊文章，以及美国学生和研究人员之间的一系列虚拟课堂交流，该奖项反映了NSF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。

This award supports the development of collaborative relationships and future research questions with local communities and institutions in the North Atlantic, where investigators will explore the impacts of environmental change on livestock farming economies. Taking a comparative perspective, the researchers will conduct initial site visits and interviews to evaluate how recent climate shifts have affected local ecosystems, livelihoods, and infrastructure in southern Iceland and southwest Greenland. Research questions include how recent demographic and economic changes are affecting participants and how satellite data analysis may assist local stakeholders to adapt to the effects of climate change. The research team will use preliminary findings as the basis for the development of a future research proposal that responds to the priorities of participating communities.This project uses mixed social science methods, including interviews, focus groups, and site visits. The project will lay the foundation for a future NSF proposal while exploring the use of satellite data to evaluate landscape and vegetation changes with collaborators in Iceland and Greenland and addressing existing data needs in local communities. Plans for dissemination include presentations at professional conferences and to participating communities, a peer-reviewed journal article, and a series of virtual classroom exchanges among students and researchers in the U.S., Iceland, and Greenland.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.