Clark University, Clark Labs Grant

Organization - Clark University, Clark Labs
Grant Amount - $617,457
Foundation - Moore Foundation
Grant Purpose - This grant to Clark University, jointly funded with Google.org, will provide the basis for the development of Early Warning Systems for ecosystems, food, and health security applications. Outcomes include the ability to describe and monitor short-term and interannual climate variability (the most significant element of uncertainty in ecosystems, food, and health security) given that over the past two decades, it has become evident that major modes of climate variability, known as teleconnections, can be used both to study these sources of uncertainty.


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