CALM Project Awarded $1.2 Million for Permafrost Observation

The CALM project, led by Associate Professor of Geography Nikolay Shiklomanov, won a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to increase its activity in measuring carbon emission levels in the Arctic. Undergraduate and graduate student researchers play a critical role in the data collection process, visiting Alaska or Siberia each summer to measure permafrost (which releases carbon into the atmosphere as it melts) and visit the cities there impacted by climate change.