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Principal Investigator
Kathryn Caruso
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Northeast Alaska Climate (2023 Spring)
Team: Kristin Anderson (Project Lead), Omeed Arooji, Isabella Chittumuri, Tom Germann
Summary: Alaska is experiencing climate change at an unprecedented rate, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the national average. The resulting changes to the landscape and ecosystems are...
Principal Investigator
Brianne Kendall
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Southeast US Agriculture (2023 Spring)
Team: Kindrea Gibbons (Project Lead), Michaela Gooch, Quinton Deppert, Casey Mills
Summary: A flash drought refers to the rapid onset or intensification of drought-like conditions. Within the Southeastern United States, flash droughts are made worse by the presence of consumptive...
Principal Investigator
Brianne Kendall
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Southeast US Climate II (2023 Spring)
Team: Cassie Ferrante (Project Lead), Katherine Scott, James Karroum, Cate Lull
Summary: The balancing of atmospheric CO2 sources and sinks is fundamental to curbing climate change. Forests draw CO2 from the atmosphere and accumulate carbon in tree biomass and...
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
New Hampshire Ecological Conservation (2023 Spring)
Team: Jane Zugarek (Project Lead), Madison Arndt, Jessica Gray, Amelia Untiedt
Summary: Bioindicator species monitoring allows researchers to infer the overall ecological health of a given area. Among these species, the Common Loon (Gavia immer), occupies the land-water interface...
Principal Investigator
Olivia Landry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Colorado Springs Health and Air Quality (2023 Spring)
Team: Olivia Etherton, Jeanette Moritz, Joshua Stokes, Ephrata Yohannes
Summary: The City of Colorado Springs, situated in Colorado’s Front Range corridor, is grappling with poor air quality exacerbated by intensifying wildfire regimes, fueled by climate change...
Principal Investigator
Michael Pazmino
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
WET Water Resources (2023 Spring)
Team: Lori Berberian (Project Lead), Kaely Harris, Mitch Porter, Emma Waugh
Summary: Wetland ecosystems are annually or seasonally wet transition zones between land and water. They provide a range of ecosystem services such as water filtration, flood mitigation, and carbon...
Principal Investigator
Ryan Healey
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Idaho Ecological Conservation (2023 Spring)
Team: Preethi Malur Balaji (Project Lead), Talissa Cota, Kangsan Lee, Melissa McNally
Summary: Management Area in Bingham County, Idaho, has an issue with decadent and accumulated vegetation growth encroaching on wetland habitat, which presents challenges for wildlife, decreases biodiversity, and...
Principal Investigator
Julianne Liu
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
New York City Transportation and Infrastructure (2023 Spring)
Team: Thomas Schindelman (Project Lead), Emily Culling, Gianna Méndez Germán, Janna Chapman
Summary: New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is threatened by exacerbated heat exposure due to the urban heat island (UHI)...
Principal Investigator
Julianne Liu
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Great Salt Lake Health and Air Quality (2023 Spring)
Team: Piper Christian (Project Lead), Fiona Summers, Yoana Vargas Magana, Andrea Delgado
Summary: Water flow into the Great Salt Lake (GSL) has declined rapidly over the last forty years due to human withdrawals and climate change...
Principal Investigator
Michael Pazmino
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Los Angeles Urban Development (2023 Spring)
Team: Leyla Namazie (Project Lead), Julie Gevorgian, Theodore Ross, Stephanie Hernandez
Summary: Over the last several decades the city of Los Angeles, California, has been experiencing increased temperatures resulting in the urban heat island effect. This is largely due...