Artist Christopher Luna-Mega has transformed VCR/LTER Tide Data into a vision-and-sound experience. In his sonification, Christopher translated the data into music for a piano, with visuals to show the keys being pressed, the dates and dynamic graphs of the tide heights. You can see it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhGWPYkcweg&t=22s
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.
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/
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
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Information on the 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates program is now available at https://at.virginia.edu/2u00VsP. The 10-week program begins the first week of June. REUs are provided a stipend plus on-site lodging and research support administered through the University of Virginia. Students need to be undergraduates with at least an additional semester of schoolwork to be completed prior to graduation. The application is available at: https://bit.ly/2QPc20P
NSF Renews the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER
The Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research project received renewed funding from the National Science Foundation in 2018.
UVA Today has the story at: https://news.virginia.edu/content/nsf-renews-three-decade-coastal-research-program-67-million-grant
LTER Network Remembers Bruce Hayden
The LTER Network has published a remembrance of Bruce Hayden who led the VCR/LTER from 1994-2000.
https://lternet.edu/stories/bruce-hayden-a-remarkable-scientist-leader-and-educator/
Surface Elevation Tables and Coastal Resiliency
A new NOAA blog features the Surface Elevation Tables operated by the VCR/LTER. View the blog at: https://blog.response.restoration.noaa.gov/coastal-resiliency-set-future
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
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: