By Hannah Hickey
via News and Information
The planet’s two largest ice sheets have been losing ice faster during the past decade, causing widespread confusion and concern.
By Sandra Hines
via News and Information
Food webs needed by young salmon in the Columbia River basin are likely compromised in places, something that should be considered when prioritizing expensive restoration activities aimed at rebuilding endangered runs.
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The mountain watersheds of the Pacific Northwest are expected to experience a decrease in snowpack depth and earlier snowmelt in coming decades.
OVERVIEW
Nutrient biogeochemistry affects a myriad of ecosystem processes from primary producer biomass and community composition, to habitat quality, to upper trophic level production.
By Nancy Gohring
via UW News
On the night of Aug. 5, 2010, as residents slept, water began rushing through Leh, an Indian town in a high desert valley in the Himalayas.
OVERVIEW
Dryland streams play a vital role in shaping the hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological structure and function of arid and semi-arid ecosystems in the American Southwest and elsewhere.
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Climate change, increasing agricultural and urban land-use, and invasive species threaten the functioning of freshwater ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.