South Slough Water Resources (Summer 2023)

Team: Maya Hall (Project Lead), Gabriel Halaweh, Sean McCollum, Zoë Siman-Tov 

Summary: The Coos estuary in Southern Oregon supports a variety of habitats, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadows. Eelgrass meadows provide habitat to local and migratory wildlife, including commercially...

Marin County Wildland Fires II (2023 Summer)

Team: Harrison Raine (Project Lead), Katherine Scott, Nikitha Shivakumar, Tiffany Mar, Anai Tene 

Summary: A future of increased wildfires requires greater integration of spatial analysis and local knowledge of emergency responders. We examine the application of a Potential...

Arizona Water Resources II (Fall 2022)

Team: Arina Morozova (Project Lead), Jamal Jeffer, Jessica Birk, Greg Peargin

Summary: Pinyon-juniper woodlands (PJW) provide critical and resilient habitat for the local mammal and small bird species of Arizona's northern xeric environment. Drought in Arizona has been persistent...

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...