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Science Matters Articles related to Ecosystems Research

EPA researchers are exploring and quantifying how natural systems contribute to community health and stability, underpin the economy, and help protect public health. This research is helping communities and decision makers across the nation account for the many benefits that ecosystems provide and calculate the long term risks and benefits of their decisions.

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  • Current Affairs: Studying Oil Spills in Freshwater Streams

  • In The Field with EPA: EPA Networking Program Leads to Eelgrass Sampling in New Jersey

  • Testing the Waters: EPA Researchers Study the Changing Nitrogen Landscape in Streams

  • How Do Beaver Dams Affect Water Quality?

  • Mapping Moving Mangroves

  • Rewriting Coexistence and Sustainable Futures

  • EPA Research in the Field: Cleaning up the Muck at Salt Chuck

  • Studying Marine Ecosystems at the Ocean Basin Scale: Success Through Collaboration

  • A Country Abuzz with Pollinators

  • Keeping West Maui’s Coral Floral: EPA Scientists Pilot Innovative Watershed Management Research

  • Mapping with Molybdenum: Using Sediment Characteristics to Understand Hypoxia in Estuaries

  • Virtual Beach: A Modeling Tool to Help Make Beach Closure Decisions

  • Determining the Value of Clean Water: How EPA Researchers are using Social Science to Study the Human Dimensions of Water Quality in New England

  • Upwells and Shells: Protecting Estuaries from Acidification

  • Tough Places and Safe Spaces: Can Refuges Save Salmon from a Warming Climate?

  • Water, Water Everywhere: The Ongoing Degradation of Aquatic Communities in American Stream Networks

  • Environmental RNA: A Powerful Tool for Studying Biodiversity

  • Nature’s Gifts – Ecosystem Goods and Services

  • One Health Assessment: Fish Returning to the Penobscot River

  • EPA Researching the Impacts of Freshwater Salinization Syndrome

  • From Outer Space to Underwater: Determining Seagrass Health and Condition in Southern New England Waters Using High Resolution Remotely Sensed Imagery

  • In the Field with EPA: Seagrass Sampling to Expand a Nutrient Pollution Indicator

  • Kids in the Captain’s Seat: Summer Day Camp on the Lake Explorer II Research Vessel

  • EPA Scientists and Partners Team Up to Tackle Cape Cod’s Nutrient Pollution and Protect Water Quality

  • EPA Researchers Develop Tool That Helps Water Quality Managers Meet Nutrient Load Targets

  • Seasonally Warm Habitats May Help Cold Water Fish Adapt to Climate Change

  • Guidelines for Measuring Changes in Seawater pH

  • EPA Science Matters Newsletter: Contaminants Caught in a Spider's Food Web

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