STC: Center for OLDest Ice EXploration

STC：最古老的冰探索中心

• 批准号: 2019719
• 负责人: Edward Brook
• 金额: $ 2500万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2019719&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STC; Center; OLDest; Ice; EXploration

Cores drilled through the Antarctic ice sheet provide a remarkable window on the evolution of Earth’s climate and unique samples of the ancient atmosphere. The clear link between greenhouse gases and climate revealed by ice cores underpins much of the scientific understanding of climate change. Unfortunately, the existing data do not extend far enough back in time to reveal key features of climates warmer than today. COLDEX, the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, will solve this problem by exploring Antarctica for sites to collect the oldest possible record of past climate recorded in the ice sheet. COLDEX will provide critical information for understanding how Earth’s near-future climate may evolve and why climate varies over geologic time. New technologies will be developed for exploration and analysis that will have a long legacy for future research. An archive of old ice will stimulate new research for the next generations of polar scientists. COLDEX programs will galvanize that next generation of polar researchers, bring new results to other scientific disciplines and the public, and help to create a more inclusive and diverse scientific community. Knowledge of Earth’s climate history is grounded in the geologic record. This knowledge is gained by measuring chemical, biological and physical properties of geologic materials that reflect elements of climate. Ice cores retrieved from polar ice sheets play a central role in this science and provide the best evidence for a strong link between atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate on geologic timescales. The goal of COLDEX is to extend the ice-core record of past climate to at least 1.5 million years by drilling and analyzing a continuous ice core in East Antarctica, and to much older times using discontinuous ice sections at the base and margin of the ice sheet. COLDEX will develop and deploy novel radar and melt-probe tools to rapidly explore the ice, use ice-sheet models to constrain where old ice is preserved, conduct ice coring, develop new analytical systems, and produce novel paleoclimate records from locations across East Antarctica. The search for Earth’s oldest ice also provides a compelling narrative for disseminating information about past and future climate change and polar science to students, teachers, the media, policy makers and the public. COLDEX will engage and incorporate these groups through targeted professional development workshops, undergraduate research experiences, a comprehensive communication program, annual scientific meetings, scholarships, and broad collaboration nationally and internationally. COLDEX will provide a focal point for efforts to increase diversity in polar science by providing field, laboratory, mentoring and networking experiences for students and early career scientists from groups underrepresented in STEM, and by continuous engagement of the entire COLDEX community in developing a more inclusive scientific culture.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.

通过南极冰盖钻取的岩心为了解地球气候的演变提供了一个重要的窗口，并提供了古代大气的独特样本，冰芯揭示的温室气体与气候之间的明确联系支撑了对气候变化的大部分科学认识。现有的数据无法追溯到足够远的时间来揭示比今天更温暖的气候的主要特征COLDEX（最古老的冰探索中心）将通过探索南极洲寻找可能的最古老记录来解决这个问题。 COLDEX 将为了解地球近期气候如何演变以及气候随地质时期变化的原因而开发的新技术，这将为未来的研究留下长期的遗产。旧冰档案将激发下一代极地科学家的新研究，COLDEX 项目将激励下一代极地研究人员，为其他科学学科和公众带来新成果，并帮助创建一个更具包容性和多样化的科学界。了解地球气候历史这些知识是通过测量反映气候元素的地质材料的化学、生物和物理特性而获得的，在这门科学中发挥着核心作用，并为强有力的证据提供了最好的证据。 COLDEX 的目标是通过钻探和分析东南极洲的连续冰芯，将过去气候的冰芯记录延长至至少 150 万年，并使用更古老的时间尺度。 COLDEX 将开发和部署新型雷达和融化探测工具来快速探索冰，使用冰盖模型来限制旧冰的保存位置，进行冰取芯，开发新的冰。寻找地球上最古老的冰也为向学生、教师、媒体、政策制定者和公众传播有关过去和未来气候变化和极地科学的信息提供了一个引人注目的叙述。 。 COLDEX 将通过有针对性的专业发展研讨会、本科生研究经验、综合交流计划、年度科学会议、奖学金以及国内外广泛的合作来吸引和吸收这些群体，COLDEX 将为增加极地科学的多样性提供一个焦点。为 STEM 中代表性不足的群体的学生和早期职业科学家提供现场、实验室、指导和网络经验，并通过整个 COLDEX 社区的持续参与发展更具包容性的科学文化。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为是值得的支持通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。