Princeton U. Receives $3 Million for Climate Change Research

U.S. Sens Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) announced more than $3 million in federal funding to support the Cooperative Institute for Climate Science at Princeton University.  

The funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will help the Institute carry out research focusing on climate change.  The Institute will use the money to build detailed models of the Earth's climate and analyze data to better understand these complex systems.

“Despite claims from misguided politicians, climate change is a real threat and addressing it is one of the most important challenges that confronts our nation,” said Lautenberg, a member of the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which funds NOAA.  “The extreme weather causing destruction in America and around the globe is simply a sign of things to come if we do not act to stem the worst effects of climate change. Princeton is home to some of the greatest scientists in the world and we're proud to help them advance climate change research.” 

“There is great work being done by scientists right here in New Jersey that will help our state and our country adapt to our changing climate,” Menendez said. “These funds will help Princeton stay at the forefront of the research that will help us combat global warming and understand more fully the implications of our changing weather.”

The CICS was founded in 2003 as a collaboration between Princeton University and NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory . The Institute carries out climate science research and provides expertise in climate change, while educating and training future generations of scientists for NOAA and the nation.