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Collaborative Research: Disentangling paleoclimate signals with individual foraminiferal a — NSF Award to Utah State University (U

The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, 56 million years ago) is an important paleoclimate event used to understand how Earth’s climate system responded to rapid increases in atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide. One approach to study this interval is chemical analysis of microfossils known as foraminifera preser

Award titleCollaborative Research: Disentangling paleoclimate signals with individual foraminiferal a
Award ID2503877
AwardeeUtah State University
CityLOGAN
StateUT
Amount obligated$207,480
Principal investigatorDonald Penman
ProgramMarine Geology and Geophysics
Start date08/15/2025
AbstractThe Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM, 56 million years ago) is an important paleoclimate event used to understand how Earth’s climate system responded to rapid increases in atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide. One approach to study this interval is chemical analysis of microfossils known as foraminifera preserved in deep-sea sediment. Foraminifera grow calcium carbonate shells that record the environmental conditions of the organism’s habitat. However, PETM foraminiferal records suffer
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