Climate Change
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Major funders support George Perkins Marsh Institute research on coastal risks and climate-change adaptation
The vulnerability of coastal communities is gaining urgent attention in the face of climate change and devastating weather-related flooding and erosion. Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University, is leading vital research into the environmental and economic impacts of coastal hazards and adaptation along Northeast…
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Research points to more rapid loss of glacial ice mass, rising sea level
Study co-authored by Clark University geographer Prof. Gardner shows that glaciers in Canada’s Arctic will melt faster than ever and loss could be irreversible
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Johnston receives grant for research that will help protect Northeast coastal communities
Clark University Professor of Economics Robert Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute, was recently awarded a $199,947 grant from the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium for his project titled “Climate change adaptation and ecosystem service resilience in Northeast coastal communities.” The grant will support his research on the vulnerability of Northeast coastal communities to hazards from a changing climate…
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Clark scientist to lead NASA research on sea ice in Arctic
With support of $735K grant, Prof. Karen Frey and two Ph.D. students will study climate change from aboard icebreakers Professor Frey recently received funding from the NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program for a project titled “Impacts of Sea Ice Decline and River Discharge Shifts on Biological Productivity in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.” Frey…