Climate Science Along the Mississippi River

USGS Science

Explore our science through the websites listed below. Project Names link to the website. Websites listed on this page are updated quarterly.

Project Name	Primary Investigator	Science Center
Adapting to Climate Change: Trends and Severe Storm Responses by Migratory Landbirds and Their Habitats	T.J. Zenzal, Ph.D.	Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Climate-Driven Connectivity Between Prairie-Pothole and Riparian Wetlands in the Upper Mississippi River Watershed: Implications for Wildlife Habitat and Water Quality		Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Coastal Economic Vulnerability Index	Jeffrey Danielson	Coastal National Elevation Database (CoNED) Applications Project
Gulf Coast Wetland Shoreline Change		Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Impacts of coastal and watershed changes on upper estuaries: causes and implications of wetland ecosystem transitions along the US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts	Ken Krauss, Ph.D. ; Gregory Noe; Camille LaFosse Stagg, Ph.D.; Hongqing Wang, Ph.D.; Eric Ward, Ph.D.;	Climate Research and Development Program
Incorporating Future Change into Current Conservation Planning: Evaluating Wetland Migration along the Gulf of America under Alternative Sea-Level Rise and Urbanization Scenarios	Michael Johannes Osland, Ph.D.	Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Long-term Trends in Swamp Tree Growth across Drought and Salinity Gradients along the Northern Gulf Coast	Beth Middleton, Ph.D.	Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Mangrove Migration Network	Michael Johannes Osland, Ph.D.	Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Mississippi River Special Topic	JC Nelson	Midcontinent Region
Sea-level and Storm Impacts on Estuarine Environments and Shorelines (SSIEES)	Christopher Smith, Ph.D.; Marci Marot ;Kathryn Smith, Ph.D.	Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Seasonal Surveys of Shorebird and Coastal Waterbird Utilization of Dredged Material Islands in the Baptiste Collette Bayou, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District, Louisiana	T.J. Zenzal, Ph.D.	Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Long Term Resource Monitoring	Kathi Jo Jankowski	Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Water Quality Monitoring at Offshore Artificial Reefs	Michael Lee	Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center