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Stroud Scientists at Work A Critical Zone Observatory for the Christina River Basin With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), scientists from the Stroud Water Research Center and the University of Delaware will establish a Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) in the 895-square-mile Christina River Basin that spans southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware. The critical zone is that area which extends from the top of the tree canopy to the bedrock at the base of the soil column, where life as we know it takes place.The new Christina River Basin CZO is one of six observatories in the U.S., and the only one in a landscape inhabited for centuries by humans. The research aims to settle a scientific debate on whether human-induced erosion modifies greenhouse gas emissions from the landscape. More |
| Trees Improve the Health of Our Waterways Op Ed piece, as seen in The News Journal and delawareonline When Henry Hudson sailed into Delaware Bay in 1609, he found all around him an unbroken band of old-growth trees. As he sailed up the river toward what is now Wilmington and Philadelphia, he saw waters teeming with fish, woods filled with wildlife, and native peoples drinking water straight from the streams. So thick were the forests that a squirrel could have traveled from Dover to Wilmington without setting its feet on the ground. More |
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| Stroud Educators at WorkModel My Watershed: An Innovative Approach to Teaching Environmental Science Engaging students from a young age in math, technology, and the environmental sciences is a challenge that many teachers face, one that has a special urgency because American students have fallen behind their peers in many other countries. But with competition for a child’s attention now so fierce, how does a teacher make these subjects fun, interesting and relevant? What will it take to capture the imagination of young people and cause them to consider a career path in one of these fields? These are the fundamental questions that Stroud™ educators addressed when they began to envision Model My Watershed, an innovative web-based educational platform, recently funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). More |
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| Outreach The Event of the Season: A Sustainable Feast June 19th was a memorable evening where community and friends, both old and new, gathered before a setting sun and stayed to dine under moonlight en plein air. On a hilltop overlooking the rolling fields of Chester County that produced much of the evening’s bounty, guests of all ages were treated to a sumptuous meal prepared by renowned chef Bryan Sikora of Talula’s Table in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. More | |
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In the News WHYY Radio Highlights an Ambitious Project to Barcode the World’s Freshwater Species The International Barcode of Life (iBOL) project, which hopes to assemble a DNA sequence library of the world’s species using barcode technology, has appointed Dr. Bernard W. Sweeney, Director of the Stroud™ Water Research Center, to colead its Freshwater Surveillance group. More New Critical Zone Observatory Seeks to Answer Climate Change Questions With data from a new Critical Zone Observatory in the Christina River Basin, scientists are hoping to answer questions about how erosion caused by humans is affecting the carbon cycle and may affect climate change. The $4.3 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the University of Delaware and Stroud Water Research Center makes this one of six Critical Zone Observatories in United States. More Considering the Role of Inland Waters in the Carbon Cycle and Climate Change Mitigation Strategies In a paper published in the September issue of Nature Geoscience, scientists from Uppsala University in Sweden, the University of Vienna, University of Antwerp, and the Stroud Water Research Center argued that lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands (inland waters) play a significant role in the sequestration, transport and mineralization of organic carbon. More |
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Stroud Scientists & Educators Present Disseminating Our Findings to our Peers & the Public at Large Our ability to disseminate our findings to a broad audience allows us to increase awareness and create a public dialogue centered on the protection, preservation and restoration of watersheds everywhere. It’s for that reason that our scientists and educators engage in both scientific and public forums to share their findings. The following highlights recent presentations. Our Partners in Stewardship: Watershed Associations |
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