Shoshone River Water Resources II (2023 Spring)

Team: Robyn Holmes (Project Lead), Christian Bitzas, Jillian Greene, Isabella St. John 

Summary: The Willwood Dam, an irrigation diversion dam located on the Shoshone River (Wyoming, USA), has faced ongoing issues with sediment accumulation and needs frequent sediment...

InVEST Urban Development (2023 Spring)

Team: Son Do & Jessica Besnier 

Summary: 

Urban flooding poses as one of the biggest issues for cities today as its impacts are amplified by both climate change and urbanization. The Natural Capital Project’s Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...