The UVA Arts & Sciences Magazine has a story about UVA Graduate Student Victoria Long and her family history on the Eastern Shore, extending back 400 years and its relation to rising sea level. You can see it at: http://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/sea-change-eastern-shore
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UVA Field Station Seagrass Research Highlighted
The LTER Network News features a new story on “Can seagrass meadows mitigate climate change?” that focuses on VCR LTER, operating out of the ABCRC, research examining how seagrass impact the global carbon cycle. The article is at: https://lternet.edu/stories/seagrass-meadows-climate-change
Ghost Forests
VCR/LTER researchers Matt Kirwan and Keryn Gedan have been featured in several recent articles and videos regarding “Ghost Forests,” the dead trees that remain when a previously-forested area is flooded with salt water. Links to the pieces are:
Time Magazine: https://time.com/5694648/ghost-forests-climate-change/
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/08/climate/ghost-forests.html?fbclid=IwAR1rRbsKuF6BCP1MkPkY2A9yKPkgEIJqhTy60epqJYdSiMffORIxKwWc8fw
LTER Road trip: A Changing Landscape along Virginia’s Eastern Shore
UVA doctoral student Victoria Long is featured in a story on the LTER Network web site at: https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-road-trip-a-changing-landscape-along-virginias-eastern-shore/

Credit: E Zambello/LTER-NCO CC BY 4.0
Surface Elevation Tables and Coastal Resilience
A new NOAA blog features the Surface Elevation Tables operated by the ABCRC researchers. View the blog at: https://blog.response.restoration.noaa.gov/coastal-resiliency-set-future
Q&A: New Coastal Research Center Director Comes Home to Her ‘Dream Career’
UVA Today has a new story about ABCRC Site Director Cora Johnston at:
https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-new-coastal-research-center-director-comes-home-her-dream-career