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News Release 10-198
NSF Awards Grants for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Mongolian rangelands and climate change, fire-prone landscapes, and invasive Spartina grasses in San Francisco Bay are among topics
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Mongolian rangelands and their response to climate change are the topic of a CNH grant.
Credit: UN FAO
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Fire-prone landscapes, more prevalent in droughts, will be studied by CNH researchers.
Credit: NASA
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Spartina grass, an invasive plant in San Francisco Bay, is the subject of an NSF CNH grant.
Credit: USGS
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CNH scientists will research the effect of climate change on midwestern U.S. heartlands.
Credit: Christopher Sant
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Acequias may hold answers to community resilience to climate and land-use changes.
Credit: Alexander Fernald
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Sediment flows from the Miss. River into the Gulf of Mexico, where "dead zones" form.
Credit: Nancy Rabalais, LUMCON
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