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Vassar College lacks a comprehensive inventory of its trees or estimates of their carbon sequestration, making it difficult to assess the campus's net carbon emissions. Yet trees play acritical role in climate regulation by storing carbon in their…

A rise in the beaver population at the Preserve at Vassar College has resulted in flooding in several areas, causing various problems. Due to all the flooding along the Quercus and Wright trails on the Preserve, the trails have been closed. With the…

We studied two areas of stormwater institutes: a rain garden and a bioretention area, as well as two grass lawns. Through exploring these two environmental types, we attempted to explore if the green stormwater infrastructure is achieving its goal of…

Balance in ecosystems is both crucial and fragile. When one species experiences population flux, others change in response. Often, dramatic population change can lead to permanent alteration of ecosystems. Human activity is a major driving force in…

The North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) is a keystone species that creates wetland habitats through dam construction, dramatically altering local hydrology and ecosystem composition. At the Vassar College Preserve, beaver activity has created a…

Invasive vines such as Oriental Bittersweet have proliferated across the Northeastern United States (Kurtz 2018). These vines wrap around and strangle trees, block sunlight from reaching the undercanopy, and hinder animal (including human) activity…

Hurricane Katrina, the deadliest and costliest hurricane in U.S. history since 1928, devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Claiming over 1,500 lives, predominantly in New Orleans, the storm inflicted an estimated $70 billion in damages to the city alone…

This research aimed to look at how Pennsylvania's House voting districts have changed from 2001 to 2022, as there have been accusations of state gerrymandering. The findings show that Pennsylvania's House districts have actually become less irregular…

This project investigates urban density in various cities across the United States and how transit infrastructure influences people to commute to work via car.

What are the spatial patterns of tree cover in the Philadelphia region? Does tree cover have a stronger correlation with race or income?