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$3.5 MILLION AWARDED FOR RESEARCH ON GLOBAL CHANGE Suzanne Ackerman 202-564-7819/ackerman.suzanne@epa.gov EPA has awarded research grants totaling more than $3.5 million to four
universities to study the potential consequences of global climate change
on U.S. ecosystems and their living organisms. The grants were awarded
through Science to Achieve Results (STAR), an EPA program that funds research
in environmental science and engineering and employs a competitive solicitation
process and independent peer review. Grant recipients at Colorado State
University will investigate whether changes in climate and ultraviolet
radiation (UV) increase assimilation of metal contaminants by aquatic
organisms in Rocky Mountain streams. Lehigh University scientists will
study the Lehigh River watershed in northeastern Pennsylvania to determine
how land and river properties interact with solar radiation and how organisms
adapt to increased UV exposure. Other UV-climate change grants were awarded
to University of Notre Dame and Texas Tech University. |