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A nationwide evaluation of crowd-sourced ambient temperature data A nationwide evaluation of crowd-sourced ambient temperature data

Growing concerns about heat in urban areas paired with the sparsity of weather stations have resulted in individuals drawing on data from citizen science sensor networks to fill in data gaps. The PurpleAir are the most widely-used low-cost air quality sensors in the contiguous United States with 14,777 deployed between 1 Jan 2017 and 20 July 2021. Although the air quality data from...
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Priyanka deSouza, Peter Christian Ibsen, Daniel M. Westervelt, Ralph Kahn, Benjamin Zaitchik, Patrick Kinney
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Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center

A synthesis of freshwater forested wetland soil organic carbon storage A synthesis of freshwater forested wetland soil organic carbon storage

Freshwater forested wetlands account for ~76% (918 M ha) of the total global wetland extent. However, freshwater forested wetlands are difficult to distinguish from upland forest due to canopy coverage, the abundance of wetland-nonwetland mosaics, seasonal hydropatterns, and fewer readily observable connections to large surface water bodies relative to marshes and other emergent habitats
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Yadav Sapkota, Jacob F. Berkowitz, Camille Stagg, Ryan R. Busby
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Environmental conditions influencing the abundance of the salmonid ectoparasite Salmincola californiensis across upper Willamette River Reservoirs, Oregon Environmental conditions influencing the abundance of the salmonid ectoparasite Salmincola californiensis across upper Willamette River Reservoirs, Oregon

The freshwater copepod Salmincola californiensis is an ectoparasite of Pacific salmon and trout (Oncorhynchus spp.). High levels of infection by this parasite can significantly damage gills and result in blood loss, affecting the fitness and survival of hosts, and it may hinder recovery efforts of threatened and endangered salmonids. Juvenile salmonids that rear in reservoirs have been...
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Kelsi Antonelli, Christina Amy Murphy, Amanda M.M. Pollock, Ivan Arismendi
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Cooperative Research Units

Equilibrium line altitudes, accumulation areas, and the vulnerability of glaciers in Alaska Equilibrium line altitudes, accumulation areas, and the vulnerability of glaciers in Alaska

The accumulation area ratio (AAR) of a glacier reflects its current state of equilibrium, or disequilibrium, with climate and its vulnerability to future climate change. Here, we present an inventory of glacier-specific annual accumulation areas and equilibrium line altitudes (ELAs) for over 3000 glaciers in Alaska and northwest Canada (88% of the regional glacier area) from 2018 to 2022...
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Lucas Zeller, Daniel J McGrath, Louis C. Sass, Caitlyn Florentine, Jacob Downs
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Alaska Science Center

Estimating indicators of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in New York State Estimating indicators of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in New York State

Cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) are a global concern for aquatic ecosystem and human health. Limited funding for monitoring programs and inconsistent determination of cyanoHAB occurrence present challenges for identifying commonly effective variables for characterizing cyanoHABs and the development of generalized models. We compiled a combination of water quality...
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Philip Savoy, Rebecca Michelle Gorney, Jennifer L. Graham
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New York Water Science Center

Fast or slow: An evaluation of Ti-in-quartz diffusion coefficients through comparisons of quartz and plagioclase diffusion times Fast or slow: An evaluation of Ti-in-quartz diffusion coefficients through comparisons of quartz and plagioclase diffusion times

Diffusion geochronometry using Ti-in-quartz has become a valuable method in understanding the evolution of silicic magmas. However, four different options for Ti diffusivity (DTi) currently exist, spanning three orders of magnitude, resulting in substantially different estimated times and interpretations. We present Ti-in-quartz diffusion times for the Cerro Galán Ignimbrite using the...
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Sophia Wang, Guilherme Gualda, Jordan Edward Lubbers, Adam Kent
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Volcano Hazards Program, Volcano Science Center
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