Transcending Boundaries (IMAGE) U.S. National Science Foundation Caption Climate change represents one of today's most prominent scientific challenges. Through the Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship program, Charles Kolstad, principal investigator of a project bringing together economics and environmental science at the University of California at Santa Barbara, gave graduate student Nick Burger an opportunity to work with him as a lead author of a section of the fourth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Credit Susanne Miller, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.