Snowmelt from seasonal snow covers can be significant in many environments of northern and alpine areas. Water flow and chemical transport resulting from snowmelt have been studied for an understanding of contributions to watersheds or catchments....
Understanding mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb) accumulation and retention in forest soils is needed to reduce their negative impacts on human and wildlife health. In addition, mercury and lead can be used to characterize the role of soil in terrestrial...
American beech -- Ecology -- North America -- Mathematical models. Beech bark disease -- Mathematical models. Fungal populations -- Mathematical models. Nonindigenous pests -- Environmental aspects -- Mathematical models.
When a nonnative insect or pathogen becomes established in a forest, outcomes for host trees can range from local or minor effects to regional extirpation. Elevated host mortality is often accompanied by compensatory recruitment by co-occurring...
Arctic temperature and precipitation have been rising over recent decades, with implications for Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) mass balance, sea level rise, and thermohaline circulation via Arctic Ocean freshening. However, meteorological station data...
A late spring snowfall didn't hamper this crew of ground-breakers for a new dormitory complex. The $7.4-million project, which will house 240 students, will be across East Wheelock Street from Alumni Gym. From left to right are Judy McLaughlin;...
The processes affecting gas transport through the firn column are important to understand in order to accurately interpret climate records from ice cores. Historically, density measurements have been used to estimate open and closed porosity in the...
The purpose of this thesis is to describe methods for detecting hidden crevasses on glaciers in Polar regions. Crevasses form in ice sheets as a result of forces imposed upon the brittle ice. The crevasses are hidden from view by bridges of soft...