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Ecological Research on a High-Speed Landscape: Developing a predictive understanding of how long-term change and short-term disturbance control the dynamic nature of coastal barrier landscapes.

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Category: In the News

Links to news articles about the VCR/LTER and its researchers

Posted on June 21, 2021June 25, 2021

Matt Kirwan Profiled in Science Mag.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/ecologist-thinks-coastal-wetlands-can-outrun-rising-seas-not-everyone-s-convinced has an article on the controversy regarding the response of salt marshes to sea-level rise that features VCR/LTER researcher Matt Kirwan and several other researchers and students working at the VCR/LTER.

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020

Lifetime Learning: Coastal Water Quality

Scott Doney, the Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor in Environmental Change at the University of Virginia gave a podcast on Coastal Water Quality. You can view it at: https://soundcloud.com/user-648419957/coastal-water-quality

Posted on May 4, 2020May 4, 2020

A Sea Change for the Eastern Shore of Virginia

The UVA Arts & Sciences Magazine has a story about VCR/LTER Graduate Student Victoria Long and her family history on the Eastern Shore, extending back 400 years and its relation to rising sea level. You can see it at: http://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/sea-change-eastern-shore

Posted on December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

“King” Tide Flooding

An article on recent “King Tides” (i.e., spring tides) featuring Cora Johnston is available at: https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-coastal-researcher-discusses-shocking-flooding-during-king-tide

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019

Oysters & Erosion Paper Highlighted

The “Coastal & Estuarine Science News” recently highlighted a new paper by Pat Wiberg, Sarah Taube, Amy Ferguson, Marny Kremer and Matt Reidenbach that focused on the role oyster reefs play in the prevention of coastal erosion. You can read the highlight article at: https://cerf.memberclicks.net/cesn-january-2019#Article3.

Posted on February 20, 2019February 20, 2019

Sound of Environmental Change

Virginia Public Radio recently aired a piece talking about how ecoacoustics are being used to draw attention to the changing environment. You can hear it at:
https://virginiapublicradio.org/2019/02/19/confronting-climate-change-through-sound/

Posted on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019

LTER Road trip: A Changing Landscape along Virginia’s Eastern Shore

VCR/LTER doctoral student Victoria Long is featured in a story on the LTER Network web site at: https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-road-trip-a-changing-landscape-along-virginias-eastern-shore/


Credit: E Zambello/LTER-NCO CC BY 4.0
Posted on July 20, 2018July 20, 2018

Q&A: New Coastal Research Center Director Comes Home to Her ‘Dream Career’

UVA Today has a new story about ABCRC Site Director Cora Johnston at:
https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-new-coastal-research-center-director-comes-home-her-dream-career

Cora Johnston in boat

Posted on July 19, 2018July 19, 2018

How will climate change impact coastal communities?

A team of LTER-associated VCU researchers is investigating the ecological and geomorphic processes occurring on Virginia’s barrier islands, which are under threat by climate change and sea level rise. SEE: 
https://news.vcu.edu/article/How_will_climate_change_impact_coastal_communities_VCU_researchers
Posted on July 13, 2018July 17, 2018

Seagrass Restoration

A piece by WVTF radio’s Beverly D’Angelo discusses how the seagrass restoration within the Virginia Coast Reserve might serve as a model for world-wide efforts.  You can read and listen at: http://wvtf.org/post/virginias-efforts-restore-seaside-grasses-may-be-worldwide-model.  Featured are interviews with Bo Lusk from The Nature Conservancy and Cora Johnston from the VCR/LTER & ABCRC.

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  • 2023 Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates – Applications are open! January 12, 2023
    Applications are due Wednesday February 15th (midnight ET). National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) positions are available with the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research (VCR-LTER) program for summer 2023. VCR-LTER researchers study patterns and mechanisms of ecosystem function, connectivity, and state changes in the coastal barrier system – from mainland marshes to […]
    Cora Johnston
  • 2022 REU opportunities at the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER January 14, 2022
    Applications are due noon ET on February 8th. National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) positions are available with the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research (VCR-LTER) program for summer 2022. VCR-LTER researchers study patterns and mechanisms of ecosystem function, connectivity, and state changes in the coastal barrier system – from mainland marshes to […]
    Cora Johnston
  • A Sea Change for the Eastern Shore of Virginia May 4, 2020
    The UVA Arts & Sciences Magazine has a story about UVA Graduate Student Victoria Long and her family history on the Eastern Shore, extending back 400 years and its relation to rising sea level. You can see it at: http://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/sea-change-eastern-shore
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  • UVA Field Station Seagrass Research Highlighted March 20, 2020
    The LTER Network News features a new story on “Can seagrass meadows mitigate climate change?” that focuses on VCR LTER, operating out of the ABCRC, research examining how seagrass impact the global carbon cycle. The article is at: https://lternet.edu/stories/seagrass-meadows-climate-change
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  • Call for Writers of the Eastern Shore! February 7, 2020
    Do you have a story to tell? Are you from here? Come here? Baysider? Seasider? Writers from all literary fields and experience levels are invited to participate in a Coastal Writing Workshop that will provide an opportunity to express and support varied experiences of our coast. The workshop will use literature to bring forward underrepresented […]
    Cora Johnston
  • Call for Artists February 5, 2020
    Artists are sought to join regional scientists to learn about and provide their artistic interpretations of the ghost forests that form along our coastlines. Participants will receive a stipend and have artwork displayed in a juried group show hosted and promoted by University of Virginia’s Coastal Research Center. Help discover ghost forests of the Eastern […]
    Cora Johnston
  • 2020 Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates available on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (VCR LTER)! January 13, 2020
    Applications are due February 10th. National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) positions are available with the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research (VCR-LTER) program for summer 2020. VCR-LTER researchers study patterns and mechanisms of ecosystem function, connectivity, and state changes in the coastal barrier system – from mainland marshes to intertidal and subtidal […]
    Cora Johnston
  • Ghost Forests October 30, 2019
    VCR/LTER researchers Matt Kirwan and Keryn Gedan have been featured in several recent articles and videos regarding “Ghost Forests,” the dead trees that remain when a previously-forested area is flooded with salt water. Links to the pieces are: Time Magazine: https://time.com/5694648/ghost-forests-climate-change/ New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/08/climate/ghost-forests.html?fbclid=IwAR1rRbsKuF6BCP1MkPkY2A9yKPkgEIJqhTy60epqJYdSiMffORIxKwWc8fw
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  • Envisioning Coastal Change with Light March 11, 2019
    Art helps envision the effects of changing seas. What might this look like here on the Shore? https://kottke.org/19/03/a-light-installation-in-a-scottish-coastal-town-vividly-shows-future-sea-level-rise?fbclid=IwAR06MyIlWVaRmT0dyuu82sW3kpg7WeqwSnIdvzO3qBydLCNTq-A_yFKtTpg
    Cora Johnston
  • Confronting Climate Change Through Sound February 20, 2019
    Learn about a new collaboration with the Environmental Humanities Conservatory based here at UVA’s Coastal Research Center in Oyster, VA. Hear more in the Virginia Public Radio feature. A public event is scheduled for the weekend of September 21st, 2019.
    Cora Johnston

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This site is a member of the LTER Network. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1832221. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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