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News Release 11-210
NSF Frontiers in Earth-System Dynamics Awards Explore Links Among Earth Processes and Systems
Scientists investigate a changing planet now and in the past, with a view toward predicting its future
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NSF FESD projects such as "Sun-to-Ice" explore linked processes on Earth and the Sun.
Credit: Kristi Donahue, University of New Hampshire/Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space
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NSF's Advisory Committee for Geosciences released the report GEOVision in 2009.
Credit: NSF Directorate for Geosciences
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View of Earth's interior; its mantle, core interact with the continents, oceans, atmosphere.
Credit: Peter Olson, Johns Hopkins University
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Over thousands of years, deltas compact; sea-level rises and covers delta wetlands.
Credit: Zina Deretsky, NSF
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A "CT scan" of Earth's mantle: slices through a seismic tomographic model.
Credit: Ritsema et al., 2011, Geophysical Journal International
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FESD scientists will study the global electric circuit and its far-reaching effects on Earth.
Credit: Jeffrey Forbes, University of Colorado at Boulder
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