NSF
Collaborative Research: Depicting Rocky Mountain landscapes and vegetation through the warmest interval of the last 66 million years
Collaborative Research: Depicting Rocky Mountain landscapes and vegetation through the warmest interval of the last 66 million years is a funding opportunity from NSF, closing August 31, 2029.
Aug 31, 2029
(1129d left)Overview
Plant fossils from the early Eocene (56 to 48 million years ago) are abundant in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, providing excellent glimpses of the forests that thrived in and around the Rocky Mountains during Earth’s last great hothouse interval. This project will study 12 fossil sites, including the iconic…