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3 Idaho universities receive five-year, $15 million research grant to study the effects of climate change on water resources.

BOISE, Idaho – The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $15 million research grant to all three Idaho state universities to study the effects of climate change on water resources.

"The scientific debate is moving from whether climate change is occurring to what we will do about it," University of Idaho geography professor Von Walden, a lead researcher for the project, told The Spokesman-Review.

Announced Friday, the grant is Idaho’s largest ever from the National Science Foundation.

The grant money will be used by the University of Idaho, Boise State University and Idaho State University to study the Snake River and Salmon River watersheds.

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