Utah State University: Salt on Frost - Researchers Recording Impact of Once-in-A-Lifetime Storm on Alaska Coast
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
LOGAN, Utah, May 12 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news:
For years, Utah State University ecologist Karen Beard has spent her summers camping and working on the mosquito-ridden tundra of Alaska's Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, doggedly documenting the persistent pace of climate change. The shifts she records are apparent only in increments--plants germinating a few days early, bird migrations becoming more variable, soil temperature rising slightly. Bu . . .
For years, Utah State University ecologist Karen Beard has spent her summers camping and working on the mosquito-ridden tundra of Alaska's Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, doggedly documenting the persistent pace of climate change. The shifts she records are apparent only in increments--plants germinating a few days early, bird migrations becoming more variable, soil temperature rising slightly. Bu . . .