ecNEWS VT

4/17/2017

Vermont Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change Risk (Score: 0.41)

Researchers asked 15 farmers to describe how climate change risks affect their farms and what actions they’ve taken in response…

9/22/2015

More Wet Days and Greater Precipitation Predicted for the Northeast (Score: 0.41)

Long-term data analyzed to predict heavy storm and flood events

10/01/2014

Shifting Seasons: Developing a Standardized Method for Estimating the Start of Spring (Score: 0.35)

Researchers compared methods, including remote sensing and field metrics to identify the best method when estimating the start of spring

4/18/2017

New Study Reveals Decline in Vermont Forest Birds (Score: 0.29)

A 25-year study of Vermont’s forest birds has documented a 14.2 percent overall population decline, raising concerns about birds and…

7/28/2016

Long-term Trends in Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities (Score: 0.29)

Undeveloped streams are used to monitor long-term trends in macroinvertebrate communities

4/26/2016

Twenty Years of Aerial Forest Monitoring (Score: 0.29)

Aerial surveys of forests provide data to identify cause, extent, severity, and type of forest damages.

5/18/2015

Understanding How Climate Change Will Impact Streamflow in the Lake Champlain Basin (Score: 0.29)

Climate models were analyzed to predict future streamflow scenarios in the Mad River.

10/28/2014

Wood Bioenergy Harvesting Impacts on Carbon Emissions in the Northeast (Score: 0.29)

Demand for forest bioenergy, or biomass (firewood, wood chips, pellets), is increasing in Vermont and the Northeast.

7/01/2014

Twenty Years of Monitoring the Bicknell's Thrush (Score: 0.29)

The Vermont Center for Ecostudies has monitored the Bicknell's Thrush population in Vermont and the Greater Antilles islands.

6/26/2014

Health of Sugar Maple Trees (Score: 0.29)

Acid deposition in conjunction with a changing climate may be inhibiting growth of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

4/20/2016

Unexpected Range Expansion of Boreal Species Despite Warming Climate (Score: 0.23)

Multiple drivers are affecting the growth of species on mountaintops in the Green and White Mountains.

4/17/2017

Vermont Farmers' Perceptions of Climate Change Risk (Score: 0.41)

Researchers asked 15 farmers to describe how climate change risks affect their farms and what actions they’ve taken in response…

9/22/2015

More Wet Days and Greater Precipitation Predicted for the Northeast (Score: 0.41)

Long-term data analyzed to predict heavy storm and flood events

10/01/2014

Shifting Seasons: Developing a Standardized Method for Estimating the Start of Spring (Score: 0.35)

Researchers compared methods, including remote sensing and field metrics to identify the best method when estimating the start of spring

4/18/2017

New Study Reveals Decline in Vermont Forest Birds (Score: 0.29)

A 25-year study of Vermont’s forest birds has documented a 14.2 percent overall population decline, raising concerns about birds and…

7/28/2016

Long-term Trends in Stream Macroinvertebrate Communities (Score: 0.29)

Undeveloped streams are used to monitor long-term trends in macroinvertebrate communities

4/26/2016

Twenty Years of Aerial Forest Monitoring (Score: 0.29)

Aerial surveys of forests provide data to identify cause, extent, severity, and type of forest damages.

5/18/2015

Understanding How Climate Change Will Impact Streamflow in the Lake Champlain Basin (Score: 0.29)

Climate models were analyzed to predict future streamflow scenarios in the Mad River.

10/28/2014

Wood Bioenergy Harvesting Impacts on Carbon Emissions in the Northeast (Score: 0.29)

Demand for forest bioenergy, or biomass (firewood, wood chips, pellets), is increasing in Vermont and the Northeast.

7/01/2014

Twenty Years of Monitoring the Bicknell's Thrush (Score: 0.29)

The Vermont Center for Ecostudies has monitored the Bicknell's Thrush population in Vermont and the Greater Antilles islands.

6/26/2014

Health of Sugar Maple Trees (Score: 0.29)

Acid deposition in conjunction with a changing climate may be inhibiting growth of sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.)

4/20/2016

Unexpected Range Expansion of Boreal Species Despite Warming Climate (Score: 0.23)

Multiple drivers are affecting the growth of species on mountaintops in the Green and White Mountains.