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Comparing A Georgia Reservoir With Solar-Powered Mixers To Another Without Mixers: Assessing Thermal And Oxygen Saturation And Nutrient Dispersion, Melissa Hage, Jordan Hasty, Hannah Miller Oct 2023

Comparing A Georgia Reservoir With Solar-Powered Mixers To Another Without Mixers: Assessing Thermal And Oxygen Saturation And Nutrient Dispersion, Melissa Hage, Jordan Hasty, Hannah Miller

Georgia Journal of Science

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have been increasing over the last 50 years due to anthropogenic nutrient enrichment and increasing temperatures. One HAB control method is the use of solar-powered mixers. In this study we investigated the timing of thermal stratification, depth of the thermocline and oxycline, and dispersion of nutrients within the water column by comparing two reservoirs in Georgia, U.S.A. over a three-year period – Lake Varner (LV), which utilizes mixers, and Hard Labor Creek Reservoir (HLCR), which does not. Our data show that the onset of thermal stratification is within ± 2 days and appears at the same …


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Butte Central Elementary And Middle School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Butte Central Elementary And Middle School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Bpsou Buffalo Gulch Forebay Parcel 2023 Expedited Well Abandonment Plan, Josh Bryson Oct 2023

Bpsou Buffalo Gulch Forebay Parcel 2023 Expedited Well Abandonment Plan, Josh Bryson

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Kennedy Elementary School, Elsie King, Christopher Berg Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Kennedy Elementary School, Elsie King, Christopher Berg

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Kennedy Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Kennedy Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Kennedy Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Kennedy Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


September 2023 Monthly Activity Report For Bnsf And Union Pacific Butte Priority Soils Operating Unit Unilateral Administrative Order-Docket No. Cercla 08-2011-0011 Kj 2399019*00, Doug Brannan P.E. Oct 2023

September 2023 Monthly Activity Report For Bnsf And Union Pacific Butte Priority Soils Operating Unit Unilateral Administrative Order-Docket No. Cercla 08-2011-0011 Kj 2399019*00, Doug Brannan P.E.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


September 2023 Monthly Activity Report For Bnsf And Union Pacific Butte Priority Soils Operating Unit Unilateral Administrative Order-Docket No. Cercla 08-2011-0011 Kj 2399019*00, Doug Brannan P.E. Oct 2023

September 2023 Monthly Activity Report For Bnsf And Union Pacific Butte Priority Soils Operating Unit Unilateral Administrative Order-Docket No. Cercla 08-2011-0011 Kj 2399019*00, Doug Brannan P.E.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Gold Hill Lutheran Church (Containing The Creativity Factory Preschool) Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Oct 2023

Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Gold Hill Lutheran Church (Containing The Creativity Factory Preschool) Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Gold Hill Lutheran Church (Containing The Creativity Factory Preschool) Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Oct 2023

Final 2023 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Gold Hill Lutheran Church (Containing The Creativity Factory Preschool) Soil Remedial Action Work Plan (Rawp), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Addressing The Challenges Of Establishing Quality Wastewater Or Non- Sewered Sanitation-Based Surveillance, Including Laboratory And Epidemiological Considerations, In Malawi., Rochelle H. Holm, Ruth Nyirenda, Ted Smith, Petros Chigwechokha Oct 2023

Addressing The Challenges Of Establishing Quality Wastewater Or Non- Sewered Sanitation-Based Surveillance, Including Laboratory And Epidemiological Considerations, In Malawi., Rochelle H. Holm, Ruth Nyirenda, Ted Smith, Petros Chigwechokha

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Learning from clinical laboratories, wastewater or environmental (including non-sewered sanitation) environmental microbiology laboratories can be established in resource-limited settings that focus on pathogen detection and pandemic prevention. Transparent discussions on the laboratory challenges and adaptations required for this can help meet the future requirements of health research and surveillance. This report aims to describe the challenges encountered when setting up a wastewater or environmental laboratory for multipathogen surveillance in Malawi, a resource-limited setting, as well as the lessons learnt. We identified nine unifying themes: what to monitor, human resource capacity, indicators of data quality, equipment availability, supply of consumable goods, …


A Spatiotemporal Synthesis Of High-Resolution Salinity Data With Aquaculture Applications, Dong Liang, Jeremy M. Testa, Cassie Gurbisz, Lora A. Harris Oct 2023

A Spatiotemporal Synthesis Of High-Resolution Salinity Data With Aquaculture Applications, Dong Liang, Jeremy M. Testa, Cassie Gurbisz, Lora A. Harris

I-GUIDE Forum

Technological advancement and the desire to better monitor shallow habitats in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States led to the initiation of several high-resolution monitoring programs such as ConMon (short for “Continuous Monitoring”) measuring oxygen, salinity, and chlorophyll-a at a 15-minute frequency. These monitoring efforts have yielded an enormous volume of data and insight into the condition of the tidal water of the Bay. But this information is underutilized in documenting the fine-scale variability of water quality, which is critical in identifying the link between water quality and ecological responses, partly due to the challenges in integrating monitoring data collected …


Draft - Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Ramsay Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Draft - Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Ramsay Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Ramsay Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Ramsay Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Margaret Leary Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Margaret Leary Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Causes And Effects Of Shisper Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Event In Karakoram In 2022, Sandeep Kumar Mondal, Vatsal D. Patel, Rishikesh Bharti, Ramesh P. Singh Oct 2023

Causes And Effects Of Shisper Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Event In Karakoram In 2022, Sandeep Kumar Mondal, Vatsal D. Patel, Rishikesh Bharti, Ramesh P. Singh

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Karakoram Himalayas are vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), which cause catastrophic floods in the surrounding areas. The increasing natural and anthropogenic activities, especially in the Indo-Gangetic Plains at the southern flank of the towering Himalayas, could be the cause of climate change affecting the frequency of the natural hazards in the Himalayas. In the present study, a detailed analysis of the Shisper Lake breach of 7 May 2022 is carried out using satellite remote sensing. A decreasing trend in the glacial mass balance is observed between 2017 and 2021; in this period, frequent GLOF episodes occurred. A pronounced …


Draft - Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Monroe Head Start Preschool, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Draft - Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Monroe Head Start Preschool, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Monroe Head Start Preschool, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) - Monroe Head Start Preschool, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Margaret Leary Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm) Oct 2023

Residential Metals Abatement Program Investigation Summary Report (Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust) Margaret Leary Elementary School, Environmental Resource Management (Erm)

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Subdrain Data Summary Report Plan (Dsr) (July 7, 2023), Nikia Greene Oct 2023

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Subdrain Data Summary Report Plan (Dsr) (July 7, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Comment Letter For 2022 Stormwater Bmps Repair, Inspection Report, And Maintenance Work Plan (Dated February 16, 2023, Received August 25, 2023), Nikia Greene Oct 2023

Comment Letter For 2022 Stormwater Bmps Repair, Inspection Report, And Maintenance Work Plan (Dated February 16, 2023, Received August 25, 2023), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


The Coastal Monitor: Vol. 10 No. 2, John Tanacredi Ph.D. Oct 2023

The Coastal Monitor: Vol. 10 No. 2, John Tanacredi Ph.D.

The Coastal Monitor

Stephen J. Gould’s prophetic piece, “The Golden Rule: A Proper Scale for Our Environmental Crisis”, noted that, “Patience enjoys a long pedigree of favor”, which he elaborated, “usually involves a deep understanding of the fundamental principle… rarely grasped in daily life – the effects of scale.” Scientists observe changes incessantly, in dimensions and time, from microscopic conditions of cellular biology to the inconceivable distances of galaxies and their influences on Earth.


On The Rocks, Below The Rocks: A Study Of Intertidal Life In The Low, Middle And High Zones Of The Puerto Cabuyal – Punta San Clemente Marine Reserve During An El Niño Event, Juliana M. Ferrer Oct 2023

On The Rocks, Below The Rocks: A Study Of Intertidal Life In The Low, Middle And High Zones Of The Puerto Cabuyal – Punta San Clemente Marine Reserve During An El Niño Event, Juliana M. Ferrer

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The rocky intertidal zone is one of the most difficult environments for organisms to survive in due to its harsh biotic and abiotic conditions. As such, it is also one of the best indicators of climate change and an important barrier to beach erosion. This study looked at the rocky intertidal zone of the Puerto Cabuyal-Punta San Clemente Marine Reserve in the Manabí province of Ecuador, with a focus on observing and identifying the organisms found in the area. Data was collected along 30 m transects at varying elevations along the shore using quadrants of two sizes: 50x50 cm for …


Community Complexity Of A Pollination Network: Analysis Of Plant-Pollinator Interactions In The Eastern Ecuadorian Cloud Forest, Anisa López-Ruiz Oct 2023

Community Complexity Of A Pollination Network: Analysis Of Plant-Pollinator Interactions In The Eastern Ecuadorian Cloud Forest, Anisa López-Ruiz

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Global declines in pollinators and temporal/spatial mismatches between plants and pollinators threaten the integrity of plant-pollinator networks. Ecological network analysis provides a powerful framework for understanding the dynamics of plant-pollinator networks and measures of community complexity that can help inform areas of priority in conservation. This study observed a plant-pollinator network in a secondary forest close to the Río Zuñac Reserve in the eastern Ecuadorian cloud forest to identify assemblages of plants and pollinators and evaluate measures of community complexity, including specialization and nestedness. Flowering plants were identified and observed along a 1.2 km transect, and floral visitors to these …


Friends In High Places: Establishing Pollination Networks For The Páramos Of Central Ecuador, Emma Diaz Oct 2023

Friends In High Places: Establishing Pollination Networks For The Páramos Of Central Ecuador, Emma Diaz

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Well-known for being a global biodiversity hotspot, the Andean Páramos hosts a unique array of floristic diversity seen nowhere else in the world (Luteyn, n.d.). With the resiliency of this ecosystem dependent on the successful reproduction of these plants, it is crucial to understand the pollination network which sustains them. Modern-day research has outlined networks in the Chilean, Venezuelan, and Argentinean Páramos, but one has yet to be defined for Ecuador, despite being the suspected home to nearly half of floristic diversity in the Páramos (Arroyo et al., 1985; Pelayo et al., 2021; Medan et al., 2023; Caranqui et al., …


Analyzing Human - Nonhuman Primate Conflict Mitigation Techniques In Mto Wa Mbu, Northern Tanzania, Lily Adams Oct 2023

Analyzing Human - Nonhuman Primate Conflict Mitigation Techniques In Mto Wa Mbu, Northern Tanzania, Lily Adams

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Human – non-human primate conflict is particularly crucial due to primates’ high capacity to live among human populations. The study to analyze Human - Nonhuman Primate Conflict Mitigation Techniques, was carried in November 2023 at Mto wa Mbu, Northern Tanzania. To analyze techniques currently being used to mitigate human – non-human primate conflict, this study collected data through semi-structured interviews. Over 87% (n=35) of respondents used multiple mitigation techniques simultaneously. 80% of respondents (n=32) reported using projectiles to ward off foraging primates, 75% of respondents (n=30) reported using loud noises (made either by the voice/body or by manipulating noisemakers), 67.5% …


The Carbon Footprint Of Tourist Transportation In Gettysburg National Military Park, Charlie T. Cross, Justin P. Sawina Oct 2023

The Carbon Footprint Of Tourist Transportation In Gettysburg National Military Park, Charlie T. Cross, Justin P. Sawina

Student Publications

National Parks have a contradictory mandate to preserve the environment while providing resources for recreation. We studied the emissions of Gettysburg National Military Park (GNMP), specifically: What are the annual and per capita emissions caused by the various forms of transportation within the park? How does the annual and per capita emissions of GNMP compare with other national parks? To study this we compiled visitor statistics from the National Parks Service of vehicle and visitor count. We then observed 165 vehicles at Pickett’s Charge to find a breakdown of tourist vehicle types. These proportions were then used to find the …


Roadway Characteristics And Car Accident Trends In Gettysburg, Pa, Max Smith, Jake H. Kennell, Russell H. Canova Oct 2023

Roadway Characteristics And Car Accident Trends In Gettysburg, Pa, Max Smith, Jake H. Kennell, Russell H. Canova

Student Publications

This study addresses the rising motor vehicle accident and fatality rates in the United States (Moore, 2023). Focusing on the conditions in the Gettysburg Borough in an attempt to answer the following research questions: Are age of driver, weather conditions of car accidents, and traffic volume contributing to accidents in the Gettysburg Borough? What are the roadway characteristics of accident hot spot areas within the Gettysburg Borough? Utilizing Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) crash data from 2018 to 2022 and PennDot Average Annual Daily Traffic data, this study employs a comprehensive approach. Combining GIS analysis and statistical analysis to determine …


Quality Assurance Project Plan: Long-Term Operation And Maintenance Of Railroad Assets For Bnsf Railway Company And Union Pacific Railroad Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Kennedy Jenks Oct 2023

Quality Assurance Project Plan: Long-Term Operation And Maintenance Of Railroad Assets For Bnsf Railway Company And Union Pacific Railroad Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit, Kennedy Jenks

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.


Revised Draft Final Quarterly Operations And Maintenance Report Butte Treatment Lagoon System – Second Quarter 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. Oct 2023

Revised Draft Final Quarterly Operations And Maintenance Report Butte Treatment Lagoon System – Second Quarter 2022, Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.