Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus

Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

ORNL scientists study the complex processes going on in coastal ecosystems such as the Atchafalaya Basin, depicted here, to better represent these valuable environments in the nation’s predictive land models.

« Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus

Credit: ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy

From left, ORNL’s Ben Sulman, Geoff Schwaner, Matthew Berens, Shannon Jones, Elizabeth Herndon and Michael Jones sit on an airboat used to reach sampling locations along the Louisiana coast, including this site in the Atchafalaya River Basin.

« Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus

Credit: ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy

ORNL’s Ben Sulman and Shannon Jones at a mangrove habitat in Port Aransas, Texas.

« Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus

Credit: Leticia Sandoval, University of Toledo

ORNL’s Teri O’Meara cores a tree along Lake Erie.

« Along shifting coastlines, scientists bring the future into focus

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