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Postdoctoral Fellowship: OCE-PRF: Smoke on the water: the impacts of wildfire ash depositi — NSF Award to Oregon State University

Climate-driven warming is projected to increase the frequency, intensity, and size of wildfires that can have severe environmental, human, and economic impacts, particularly along the U.S. West Coast. These wildfires result in dramatic CO2 emissions and deposition of ash carrying nutrients, organic matter, and trace me

Award titlePostdoctoral Fellowship: OCE-PRF: Smoke on the water: the impacts of wildfire ash depositi
Award ID2306993
AwardeeOregon State University
CityCORVALLIS
StateOR
Amount obligated$300,539
Principal investigatorNicholas Baetge
ProgramOCE Postdoctoral Fellowships
Start date11/01/2023
AbstractClimate-driven warming is projected to increase the frequency, intensity, and size of wildfires that can have severe environmental, human, and economic impacts, particularly along the U.S. West Coast. These wildfires result in dramatic CO2 emissions and deposition of ash carrying nutrients, organic matter, and trace metals onto the coastal and open ocean. Deposition of wildfire ash on the ocean can alter the carbon and energy flow through marine food webs by fertilizing microbial production or i
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