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...

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...

Peru & Bolivia Climate (2023 Spring)

Team: Aarti Arora (Project Lead), Aaron Carr, Arina Fuqua, Haydee Portillo 

Summary: Irrecoverable carbon (IC) reserves contain large stores of the element, are at risk of being released due to human activity and consequentially contribute to global warming upon...

Georgia Disasters II (2023 Spring)

Team: Shakirah Rogers (Project Lead), Nathan Tesfayi, Matthew Murray, Clarence Jackson 

Summary: Heirs property owners are especially vulnerable to natural and manmade disasters. This group of people have inherited property left with no clear title and thus have unclear group...

Coronado Ecological Conservation (2023 Spring)

Team: Carson Schuetze (Project Lead), Tyler Guigneaux, Charles Robinette, Josie Bourne

Summary: Species monitoring is essential for mitigating the impacts of plant invasion, such as radical changes in an area’s ecosystem, degraded soil health, increased wildfire severity, landslides, and increased...

Southern Rockies Western Slope Agriculture (2023 Spring)

Team: Adelaide Gonzalez (Project Lead), Rachel Buchler, Max VanArnam, Stephanie Willsey

Summary: Over the last decade, the southern Rocky Mountains of the United States have experienced increasingly severe and variable drought. Local ranchers and landowners have reported strain...

Front Range Wildland Fires (2023 Spring)

Team: Nora Carmody (Project Lead), Lillian Gordon, Nathan Teich, Josh Virene

Summary: Over the last several decades, wildfire frequency and severity in forested areas along Colorado’s Front Range have increased due to a buildup of fuels. This has...

Marin County Wildland Fires (2023 Spring)

Team: Suhani Dalal (Project Lead), Katera Lee, Chandler Ross, Gabriel Rosenstein

Summary: Heightened occurrence of severe wildfires in the Western United States is increasing the need to better understand regions of high potential wildfire severity and develop methodologies...

Maldives Climate II (Spring 2023)

Team: Ben Dahan (Project Lead), Evan Barrett, Tiffany Hsu, Gabriel Halaweh

Summary: The Republic of the Maldives is a low-lying island nation in the Indian Ocean which has experienced rapid urbanization, landcover changes, and sea level rise over recent years...

• PI: Christopher Uejio, Florida State University
• Co-I: Christopher Holmes, Florida State University
• Co-I: Holly Nowell, Florida State University

Prescribed fire is a critical tool for mitigating wildfire risk, promoting agriculture, and managing ecosystem services. Even though fires in the Southeast United States burn a significant...