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Earth Science Matters - Volume 12, Spring 2021
This issue of Earth Science Matters highlights recently published research from the Climate Research and Development Program that contributes to an improved understanding of how changing land use, climate, and environment affect communities, ecosystems, and the services they provide.
Comparing tree-ring based reconstructions of snowpack variability at different scales for the Navajo Nation
This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.
Using tree-rings to unravel avalanche frequency and associated climate drivers in the northern Rocky Mountains
This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.
Management strategies that can offset climate-change effects on wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region
This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.
Do mountain clouds exist because of upwind forests?
This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.
Carbon storage in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem under future warming scenarios
This article is part of the Spring 2021 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.
Friday's Findings - June 4 2021
Linking Climate Change, Cattail Expansion, and Wetland Management
Date: June 4, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time
Speaker: Sheel Bansal, Research Ecologist, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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New publication examines biogeographic boundaries of Pacific versus Arctic meiobenthic ostracode species in response to climate change in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
A new ecological study of ostracodes was recently published by Climate R&D scientists.
New Mexico Landscapes Field Station Research informs Fire Management
Researchers at the New Mexico Landscapes Field Station, part of the Fort Collins Science Center, use tree-ring fire scars to establish a historical record of fire that informs present-day fire management practices.
USGS Researchers Develop New Oxygen Isotope Method for Paleoclimate Studies
A new paleoceanography paper was recently published by Climate R&D scientists.
Earth Science Matters - Volume 11, Fall 2020
This issue of Earth Science Matters highlights recently published research from the Climate Research and Development Program that contributes to an improved understanding of how changing land use, climate, and environment affect communities, ecosystems, and the services they provide.
Fire Aerosols Affect Southeastern Alaskan Glaciers
This article is part of the Fall 2020 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.