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Posted on July 13, 2017July 28, 2017 by ja9384

UVA Environmental Resilience Institute and the VCR/LTER

UVA Today has a new article on UVA’s Environmental Resilience Institute that features many photos of VCR/LTER researchers and the ABCRC.

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  • 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
    ja9384
  • 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
  • LTER Road trip: A Changing Landscape along Virginia’s Eastern Shore February 1, 2019
    UVA 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/
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  • 6 More Years of LTER Funding Continue a 3-Decade Tradition of Research Excellence December 12, 2018
    A National Science Foundation (NSF) award of $6.7 million will allow the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER, led by UVA, to continue research on the seaside of Virginia’s Eastern Shore. http://as.virginia.edu/ampersand/nsf-renews-three-decade-coastal-research-program
    Cora Johnston

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