Rising sea levels and moving shorelines: new tools and techniques show promise for better predictions and decisions about coastline change.
Nae man can tether time or tide. --Robert Burns For the past century, the pace and density of development near the ocean has been unprecedented, and much of it is incompatible with the dynamic nature of the shoreline. More than $3 trillion are invested in...

The Michigan Roadside Naturalist.
The Michigan Roadside Naturalist by J. Alan Holman and Margaret B. Holman. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2003. 334 pp. Cloth 0-472-09675-, $47.50; Paper 0-472-06675-7, $24.95 Alan and Margaret Holman bring their years of experience as teachers, scientists, and museum curators at Michigan State University to...

Nick Smith in conversation with ... Peter Kershaw.
Peter Kershaw is an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Since 2002, he has led an Earthwatch Institute project on climate change in Churchill, Manitoba You've been conducting field studies in northern Canada since the early...

Herpetological assemblages of the Michigan Regional Landscape Ecosystems.
ABSTRACT The herpetofauna of each of the four Michigan Regional Landscape Ecosystems (Region I, southern Lower Peninsula; II, northern LP; III, eastern Upper Peninsula; IV, western Upper Peninsula) was determined based on museum specimens and records from ongoing studies. These regional herpetofaunas were compared on the basis...

Water and ice-related phenomena in the coastal region of the Beaufort Sea: some parallels between Native experience and Western science.
ABSTRACT. Information gained through Native experience is combined here with scientific measurements to describe aspects of the wintertime oceanography of the Eskimo Lakes and Mackenzie River delta regions of the Canadian Beaufort Sea. The experiences of Jimmy Jacobson, a Tuktoyaktuk elder who lived in this region for over 70...

Using long-term monitoring of fen hydrology and vegetation to underpin wetland restoration strategies.
Abstract Question: How can long-term monitoring of hydrological and ecological parameters support management strategies aimed towards wetland restoration and re-creation in a complex hydrological system? Location: Newham Bog National Nature Reserve, Northumberland, UK, a site with a long history of active management, and recorded as...

Thicket clumps: a characteristic feature of the Kagera savanna landscape, East Africa.
Abstract Question: What are the genesis and development of thicket clumps within a savanna landscape at geomorphically different locations and what are the driving forces? Location: The Kagera Region, in the border area of Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. Methods: The vegetation of 32...

Improving the prediction of low flows in ungauged basins in Canada in the future.
Abstract: Low flows are becoming recognized because of their increasing economic, societal and ecological implications. While the workshop on low flow predictions in ungauged basins summarized by this special issue generally focused on the state of knowledge and practice of predicting low flows, a specific session was held within...

Weathering and water quality in the Blanco River, a subtropical karst stream.
Abstract. -- The Blanco River is a karst stream that traverses the Texas Hill Country and Balcones Fault Zone regions associated with the eastern Edwards Plateau. It is closely connected with the Trinity Aquifer, the Balcones Fault Zone Edwards Aquifer, and the San Marcos River, all being extremely valuable...

Land Type Association delineation and spatial analysis for the Hoosier National Forest in Southern Indiana.
ABSTRACT. A GIS approach was used to delineate Land Type Association (LTA) map units for the Hoosier National Forest (HNF) area. It was assumed that the spatial distribution pattern of Ecological Land Type (ELT) and Ecological Land Type Phase (ELTP) map units provide a theoretical foundation for LTA unit...