Managing the ebb & flow of the I-85 corridor
Multiple RBC affiliates, along with Director Seth Wenger and Associate Director Krista Capps, recently published a paper on the effects of urbanization along I-85, as well as suggestions for the continued water management of one of the United States’ most vital interstate arteries.
Study: People are altering decomposition rates in waterways
A new study co-authored by RBC Associate Director Krista Capps and Affiliate J.P. Schmidt gathered data from 550 rivers across 40 countries and found that human intervention increases the rate of decomposition of plant matter, depriving freshwater life of food at a faster rate than usual, as well as potentially exacerbating climate change.
2024 John Spencer Research Grant Recipients Announced
The River Basin center is proud to announce that Christian Swartzbaugh, Kwaku Asiedu, Michael Baker, Bryson Hilburn, Anuja Mital, Luciana Iannone Tarcha and Laura Naslund have been awarded John Spencer Research Grants for 2024. Swartzbaugh, a PhD student at Odum, received funding to continue his research on minnows, an oft-overlooked species that plays a key […]