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Principal Investigator
Marco Vallejos
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Wichita Climate (Summer 2022)
Team: Brooke Laird (Project Lead), Melissa Ashbaugh, Muskaan Khemani, Sadie Murray
Summary: Wichita, Kansas is facing a host of climate threats, one being extreme heat that is manifested through the urban heat island (UHI) effect. The uneven distribution of heat risk...
Principal Investigator
Marco Vallejos
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Milwaukee Urban Development (Summer 2022)
Team: Madeleine Tango (Project Lead), Jack Acomb, Lisa Son, Annika Harrington
Summary: Milwaukee County has experienced an increase in flooding due to climate change and urbanization. The frequency and severity of flooding vary spatially due to differences in land cover...
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Kansas City Disasters (Summer 2022)
Team: M. René Castillo, Hadwynne Gross, Eric Sjöstedt, Raychell Velez
Summary: Pluvial flooding, over-saturated ground, and poor drainage systems disproportionately impact historically disinvested neighborhoods during extreme rainfall events independently of overflowing water bodies. These communities are impacted by physical and...
Principal Investigator
Katie Lange
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Western Sonoran Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Anne Britton (Project Lead), Deirdre An, Seamus Geraty, Charles Nixon
Summary: Ephemeral freshwater rock pools, known as tinajas, have great biologic and cultural importance as sources of surface water in the western Sonoran Desert (WSD). Tinaja flooding and...
Principal Investigator
Caroline Williams
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Maipo River Valley Agriculture (Summer 2022)
Team: Benjamin Goffin (Project Lead), Duncan Srsic, Rishudh, Sarah Carlos
Summary: Agriculture is the primary use of water in the Maipo River basin of Central Chile, accounting for ~ 75% of the total demand. Assessment of irrigation needs for...
Principal Investigator
Nicole Ramberg-Pihl
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Maine Ecological Forecasting III (Summer 2022)
Team: Jonathan Falciani (Project Lead), Colin Hogan, Linda Mitchell, Makario Sarsozo
Summary: Shifting patterns in land use and land cover (LULC), temperature, and precipitation have exacerbated a rapid decline in Federally Endangered wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations. The...
Principal Investigator
Sarah Hettema
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Black Hills Wildfires (Summer 2022)
Team: Casey Menick (Project Lead), Haley Stuckmeyer, Heidi Rogers, Yeshey Seldon
Summary: The 2000 Jasper Fire in the Black Hills of South Dakota was the largest wildfire to date in the region, burning over 83,000 acres of ponderosa pine forest...
Principal Investigator
Ryan Hammock
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Hawai'i Island Climate (Summer 2022)
Team: Lisa Tanh (Project Lead), Ian Lee, Connor Racette, Matilda Anokye
Summary: Climate-induced sea level rise poses a risk to coastal areas on the Island of Hawai'i, and many of the island’s historic cultural lands are in danger of becoming...
Principal Investigator
Britnay Beaudry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Florida Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Samuel Perrello (Project Lead), Kyle Stark, Koya Oki, Emily Heltzel
Summary: Since their first sightings in the U.S. in 2002, emerald ash borer beetles (Agrilus planipennis; EAB) have killed millions of native ash (Fraxinus spp.) trees across...
Principal Investigator
Britnay Beaudry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
FLORIDA DISASTERS (Summer 2022)
Team: Liam Megraw, Stefanie Dimayuga Mendoza, Samantha Kelly, Jesse Carlson
Summary: Intensifying weather events, sea level rise, and extensive coastal development in Southwestern Florida are escalating the need for Florida’s mangrove conservation. These mangroves are imperative for coastline stabilization, habitat provision...