"Four teams of scientists, including a team co-led by Columbia University researchers, will receive up to $45 million over five years for research that advances human understanding of the global carbon cycle driving a changing climate. The teams are the first to be funded through the Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC), an initiative of Schmidt Sciences that aims to reduce uncertainty in the global carbon cycle to inform effective climate policy and solutions."
"The four teams of international university researchers will collect high-resolution data needed to generate climate projections and, ultimately, inform the most significant decisions facing the planet: how to ensure a sustainable future. They will leverage AI and machine learning to develop new observations and model products. Funded projects include pioneering research into carbon fluxes in central Africa's tropical forests, advanced land use modeling, robotic observations of the Southern Ocean in winter, and the impact of rapid permafrost thaw on global carbon."
Four international research teams will receive up to $45 million over five years to advance understanding of the global carbon cycle. The Virtual Institute for the Carbon Cycle (VICC) aims to reduce uncertainty in how carbon dioxide moves among the atmosphere, ocean, plants, and soils. Teams will collect high-resolution observations and apply AI and machine learning to produce new datasets and model products. Funded work targets tropical forest carbon fluxes in central Africa, advanced land-use modeling, winter robotic observations of the Southern Ocean, and rapid permafrost thaw impacts on global carbon. Galen McKinley of Columbia will serve as co-lead.
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