Stroud Scientists at WorkStudying Tropical Waters To Understand the Impacts of Climate Change Stroud™ Water Research Center scientists posit that the naturally occurring differences in temperature, rainfall, and the hydrological characteristics of tropical landscapes will yield useful information about how climate variation and change may impact the diverse species that populate our planet, and teach us more about climate feedbacks to carbon cycling processes. To research that hypothesis, they went to Costa Rica. More

Stroud Educators at Work The Future of Education: Developing New Teaching Paradigms
When the National Science Foundation (NSF) funded three Stroud™ Water Research Center education programs last year: Cultivating an Ecosystem Esthetic, Watershed Citizenship Learning Community, and Model My Watershed, it effectively placed the Center's educational ideas on a national stage and underscored its leadership role in creating the kinds of innovative programming that will excite students of all ages in environmental sciences well into the 21st century. More

Outreach

The Water’s Edge Presents: Dr. Peter Gleick on Water in the 21st Century: New Thinking for a Sustainable Future The demand for Dr. Peter Gleick, a MacArthur Fellow, member of the National Academy of Sciences, author of the definitive, biennial review of water, The World's Water, and president and cofounder of the California-based Pacific Institute, is strong — as strong as his commitment to addressing the connections among water and health, human rights, climate change, privatization and international conflict. One of the world’s foremost experts on water, he advises heads of state and policy makers around the globe. Dr. Gleick will be our guest speaker at The Water's Edge on October 7th. 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.

Stream Trees: Our Water's Natural Defense
The State of the Schuylkill River
Ground Water and Surface Water: A Single Resource
Taking on NABS
Watershed = Foodshed
Watershed Tea Redux
The Science of Water