Nevada: CO2 hysteria converted into another $21.6 million in funding

Nevada part of climate change research | www.rgj.com | Reno Gazette-Journal

The Nevada System of Higher Education has received a $15 million federal grant to research regional climate change in a tri-state project during the next five years.

A "dream team" of researchers from the Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Nevada State College will spend the next five years analyzing and modeling the effects of regional climate change on the state's ecosystems and water resources.

The team will lay the groundwork to provide science, education and outreach programs for the study of climate change and its effects on Nevada for years to come, higher education officials said.

Five-year effort

The National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research provided the five-year grant.

Nevada will collaborate with New Mexico and Idaho, which received NFS funding to participate in the project.

Nevada's higher education system is supporting the effort with $6.6 million in staffing, resources and state appropriations to match the federal funding.