New paper! Anthropogenic litter and plastics across size classes on a mechanically groomed Great Lakes urban beach

Plastic pollution is everywhere we look, and Great Lakes beaches are no exception. In this paper – featuring the work of four undergraduate researchers – we took a detailed look at plastic and other litter on a popular Cleveland (Ohio) beach. We wanted to know how much plastic was on …

Seeking Post Doctoral Scholar at University of Vermont: Stormwater Management Adaptations to Climate Change

We seek a postdoctoral researcher with interest in stormwater, climate change, and how communities are adapting their stormwater management strategies (e.g., green stormwater infrastructure, design standards) to changing precipitation and temperature patterns. The postdoctoral researcher will be a key contributor to a new USGS-funded research project working with communities in …

Watershed Lab’s 2024 in Review

We are one amazing research group. We are a faculty lead (Anne), a technician (Andrea), a post doc (Lakelyn), a PhD student (Suffiyan), 2 MS students (Nurjahan and Sabrina), 6 undergraduates (Casey, Kayleigh, Arden, Morgan, Hope, and Henry), and 1 closely-affiliated faculty member (Liz). We published great science in four …

New paper! Assessment of hydrological parameter uncertainty versus climate projection spread on urban streamflow and floods

I’m super excited to share that recent PhD graduate Zia Ul Hassan published his first paper, and it’s a big one. The effects of climate change will continue to intensify over the coming decades, with bigger and more intense rainstorms. In urban watersheds, that means more stormwater reaching urban streams, …

New paper! Effects of reclamation and deep ripping on soil bulk density and hydraulic conductivity at legacy surface mines

New paper alert! Cuyahoga Valley National Park is pock-marked by reclaimed surface mines, but the park can’t get trees to grow on these sites to achieve true restoration. In this paper, we investigate what’s up with the soil physical and hydrologic properties and how a deep-ripping process might help the …

PhD or MS Assistantship on Microplastics in Freshwater Systems at the University of Vermont

The Watershed Lab in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont seeks a graduate student to work on a fully-funded project on microplastics in Lake Champlain, beginning in June 2024. Lake Champlain is an 1100 km2 lake between Vermont and New York, and this …