Lisa Tanh
Maldives Climate (Fall 2022)
Team: Aidan Harvey (Project Lead), Daniel Lopez, Mitch Porter, Derek Chin
Summary: Global sea level rise as a result of climate change continues to pose a critical threat to coastal ecosystems and populations. The archipelagic country of the Maldives is of...
Caroline Williams
Shoshone River Water Resources (Fall 2022)
Team: Robyn Holmes (Project Lead), Will Campbell, Cassie Ferrante, Nelson Lemnyuy
Summary: In 2016, a routine repair operation at the Willwood Dam released tons of built-up sediment into the Shoshone River, polluting the river and negatively impacting the ecosystem...
Sarah Payne
Yellowstone Ecological Forecasting II (Fall 2022)
Team: Vanessa Bailey (Project Lead), Ryan Brinton, Samantha Snowden, Aliza White
Summary: Aspen stands in Yellowstone National Park have been indirectly affected by the removal and reintroduction of wolves in 1926 and 1995, respectively. The National Park Service has...
Brandy Nisbet-Wilcox
IDAHO WILDFIRES (Summer 2022)
Team: Ford Freyberg (Project Lead), Carson Schuetze, Jessica Hiatt, Brenner Burkholder
Summary: Escalating severity and frequency of drought and wildfire call for effective and cost-efficient mitigation planning and monitoring protocols. The Palouse ecoregion, an agricultural epicenter in North-central Idaho, is of...
Caroline Williams
Chesapeake Bay Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Katherine Hahn, Julia Atayi, Julia Portmann, Abigail Sgan
Summary: An increase in total suspended sediment (TSS) concentrations and turbidity have contributed to poor water quality in the Chesapeake Bay since the 1970s. Although turbidity and TSS have been...
Kathleen Lange
Mato Grosso Agriculture (Summer 2022)
Team: Max Rock (Project Lead), Elijah Dalton, Aidan Harvey, Kate Reynolds
Summary: Ranked as the fourth largest food producer in the world, Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse. Agricultural production at this scale warrants accurate crop monitoring and classification, however, this...
Paxton LaJoie
Bhutan Agriculture II (Summer 2022)
Team: Wangdrak Dorji (Project Co-Lead), Tenzin Wangmo (Project Co-Lead), Karma Dorjee, Sonam S Tshering
Summary: Agriculture is an essential sector in Bhutan, accounting for 19.2% of Bhutan’s GDP in 2020 while providing livelihoods for approximately 57% of the population. The...
Paxton LaJoie
Lake Champlain Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Laramie Plott, Ian Turner, Aaron Carr
Summary: Lake Champlain provides clean drinking water for 35% of the surrounding watershed and offers recreational opportunities to millions of tourists. However, current levels of cyanobacteria and phosphorus...
Mapping Long-Term Changes in the Hydroecology of the Slave River Delta Using NASA Earth Observations
Tyler Pantle
Great Slave Lake Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Yuhe Chang (Project Lead), Virgil Alfred, Ethan McIntosh, Catherine Shea
Summary: Indigenous communities around the Great Slave Lake (GSL) in Canada’s Northwest Territories have observed long-term changes in water levels within the Slave River Delta (SRD), causing...
Adriana Le Compte
Delaware Basin Ecological Forecasting (Summer 2022)
Team: Jack Mezger (Project Lead), Mark Bossinger, Gillian McNamara, Quinn Heiser
Summary: The Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, located in the Delaware Basin in the southwestern United States, observed both a decrease in precipitation and an increase...