AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — A $3 million grant will help fund climate change education at Auburn University.
The school announced recently that money from the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship will be used to teach students how to study the changing climate.
Faculty members will work with about 85 graduate students to create an interdisciplinary team. The team will work over a five-year period.
Students will examine both natural systems and man-made infrastructure. Associate professor Karen McNeal says in a statement that understanding vulnerabilities, resiliency and recovery time is crucial as natural disasters become worse.
The grant is the first such award in the state of Alabama. Auburn's Department of Geosciences recently began offering a doctoral program related to climate change.