Thanks to a $498,999 grant from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), David Boutt and colleagues will build advanced integrated hydrologic models that will allow be used to predict with spatial precision how the region’s water budget will change in the coming years. Read the UMass news release for more information about the project.

Julie Brigham-Grette and Robert DeConto are among the scientists who contributed to the International Climate Crisis Initiative’s State of the Cryosphere 2024 report, released to coincide with the COP29 climate conference being held in Baku. Read the piece in NBC News.

In a new paper published in the journal AGU Advances, Matthew Winnick and Brian Saccardi quantified carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters to 22 million U.S. lakes, rivers and reservoirs. This was the first time the approach was used to achieve this result. Read more in the paper online.

On October 26th Ray Bradley delivered the keynote address at the New England – St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Fall 2024 Conference at Westfield State University in Westfield Massachusetts. The talk was on “The New Normal: climate that we’ll have to get used to”. More information on the conference can be found here.