Environmental Studies Program Student Theses 2023-24

Self-organized periodic vegetation patterns in arid grasslands are thought to originate from a local positive feedback whereby vegetation density increases infiltration c [...]

Arid grasslands represent 12.5% of North American land cover and blue grama grass (Bouteloua gracilis) is the dominant species in cover and primary production on this lan [...]

Acequias are a traditional flood irrigation system prevalent across the Southwestern US that employ physical infrastructure and water management strategies to withstand t [...]

Periodic vegetation patterns are observed across arid landscapes. Self-organization into bands of vegetation (groves) and bare ground (intergroves) concentrates resources [...]

Arid grasslands can self-organize into periodic patterns of vegetated groves and bare intergroves via positive feedback where vegetation increases local infiltration rate [...]

Federal agencies such as the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Parks Service have historically managed public lands, but Indigenous nations were [...]

Dust on snow events impact hydrological cycles by decreasing snow surface albedo and increasing the rate of melting cycles for snowpack throughout the spring. This study [...]

Cloud and precipitation prediction poses considerable challenges in many numerical models. The global 13-km resolution System for High-resolution prediction on the Earth- [...]

Despite the intense strain that various socioeconomic factors place on agriculture in the United States, few models can accurately depict the cross-system interactions oc [...]

Climate finance, particularly International Climate Finance (ICF), is instrumental in addressing the multifaceted challenges posed by climate change on a global scale. De [...]