Research Highlights Archive
Long-term Perspectives on Streamflow and Tropical Cyclone Precipitation in the Southeast United States
Primary Investigators: Richie Thaxton, Geography Doctoral Student; Grant Harley, Associate Professor in Geography
Description: In the southeast U.S. concerns over water availability have increased in recent decades. This research aims to provide a long-term perspective on droughts and pluvials to help water managers better understand water variability in this region.
Projected Outcomes/Goals: Using tree rings, which provide annual records of streamflow and precipitation back long before contemporary records, we can understand water availability on much longer time scales. This work will produce a millennial-length reconstruction of streamflow for 3 crucial southeastern rivers, the Roanoke, the St. Johns and the Pascagoula, to help water managers better appreciate drought risk in the southeast.
A Case Study on Campus Sustainability in the Rural American West
Primary Investigators: Madison Dougherty, Environmental Science Doctoral Candidate
Description: This research explores the multiple meanings of sustainability in American higher education through an in-depth exploration of campus sustainability at University of Idaho.
Projected Outcomes/Goals: This work deepens our understanding of how higher education institutions can successfully implement sustainability programs in various campus cultures and contexts.
Engaging Narratives of Climate Change
Primary Investigators: Dilshani Sarathachandra, Kristin Haltinner, John Anderson
Description: This project will examine the impact of telling one's climate story on their perceptions of and affective engagement with climate change.
Projected Outcomes/Goals: The goals of this projects are to increase knowledge about the importance of storytelling and to increase understanding of how perceptions of climate change shift.
