Moving Freshwater Science Forward
Our efforts at Stroud™ Water Research Center require intellectual curiosity, a systematic and rigorous approach to scientific research, and the drive to answer a series of challenging questions about freshwater ecosystems. The answers to these questions may take decades to fully understand, but it is critical that we persist, as they have the power to influence others in ways that positively affect the world’s finite supply of clean fresh water.
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Recent Publications
Watershed sediment cannot offset sea level rise in most U.S. tidal wetlands
Ensign, S.H., J.N. Halls, and E.K. Peck. 2023. Science 382(6675): 1191–1195.
Bisesh, J., E. Bacmeister, E. Peck, M. Peipoch, J. Kan, and S. Inamdar. 2023. Frontiers in Water 5:1254225.
A new metric for sunlight exposure in rivers, lakes, and oceans
Gardner, J.R., M.W. Doyle, S.H. Ensign, and D.M. Kahler. 2023. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, early online access.
Freshwater Research News
Monitors Find Healthy Signs in Hay Creek Near Birdsboro
April 21, 2010. bctv.org: Stroud Water Research Center employees were interviewed while monitoring Hay Creek during their annual Schuylkill River Watershed monitoring.
Effects of Drilling For Natural Gas
November 8, 2009. Rodale News: Stroud Center scientist Louis Kaplan, Ph.D. was interviewed about the effects of drilling for natural gas on freshwater systems.
Critical Zone Observatory Seeks to Answer Climate Change Questions
Project aims to determine how soil erosion and sediment transport through rivers impact carbon exchange between land and atmosphere, and affect climate.
Scientists Argue Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Fall Short, Ignoring Significant Carbon Cycling Processes of Inland Waters
Streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands play an important role in the carbon cycle that is unaccounted for in conventional carbon cycling models.
Director Sweeney to Lead Freshwater Surveillance Group
The International Barcode of Life project has appointed Dr. Bernard W. Sweeney, Director of the Stroud Center, to head its Freshwater Surveillance group.
Five Days + Seventeen People = A World of Promise
The Stroud Center gained invaluable insights into ways to improve and adapt our popular Leaf Pack Kit for use in Spanish-speaking countries and the tropics.
