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Everglades Mangroves Worth Billions in Fight against Climate Change
When it comes to storing carbon, a team of researchers led by scientists at Florida International University have put a price tag of $2-$3.4 billion on the value of mangroves in Everglades National Park. This reflects the cost to preserve the park's mangroves and their ability to hold organic carbon intact by restoring freshwater flow to the areas that need it most. More >
Nature Already Dramatically Impacted by Climate Change, Study Reveals
Global climate change has already impacted every aspect of life on Earth, according to a new study led by Brett Scheffers (UF). "Genes are changing, species' physiology and physical features such as body size are changing, species are shifting their ranges and we see clear signs of entire ecosystems under stress, all in response to changes in climate on land and in the ocean," said Scheffers. More >
Living WITH Water in Southeast Florida
Engaged. Dedicated. Involved. These words describe all who participated in the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact Resilient Redesign III in November at the University of Miami. Professionals from the private sector, academia, and NGOs, as well as students from UM and FAU, collaborated with public sector practitioners to address challenges in Southeast Florida. More >
Sea Level Rise: What's Coming and What We Can Do About It
In a recent recorded talk in New York City, Ben Kirtman (UM) spoke about his research using one of the world's largest supercomputers to more accurately predict the risk of severe flooding, and how what he's learned applies to cities across the globe. More >
Saint Petersburg First Florida City and 20th U.S. City To Commit to 100% Clean, Renewable Energy
In a unanimous vote, the Saint Petersburg City Council allocated $250K of BP Oil Spill settlement funds to an "Integrated Sustainability Action Plan," which will chart a roadmap to 100% clean, renewable energy in St. Petersburg. More >
New Book on Sea Level Rise in Florida
Al Hine and co-authors at USF and USGS have published a book with the University Press of Florida titled, Sea Level Rise in Florida:Science, Impacts, and Options. This book offers an in-depth examination of the cycle of sea levels in the past and the science behind the current measurements and the future projections.
Ni-Bin Chang Receives Blaise Pascal Medal
Congratulations to Ni-Bin Chang (UCF) on receiving the Blaise Pascal Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the European Academy of Sciences. The award recognizes Dr. Chang's outstanding contributions to Environmental Sustainability, Green Engineering, and Systems Analysis.
Thomas Bianchi Publishes Book on Deltas and Humans
Thomas Bianchi (UF) has published a book with Cambridge University Press titled, Deltas and Humans: A Long Relationship now Threatened by Global Change. The book focuses on highly populated major deltaic regions and discusses political, economic, and environmental issues.
Odemari Mbuya Represents FCI at COP22
Thank you to Odemari Mbuya (FAMU) for representing the FCI at the United National Climate Change Conference in Marrakech last month. Dr. Mbuya met with leaders from around the world to discuss global climate challenges and how Florida is addressing issues locally.

CLIMA 2016 Art Exhibit & Special Events (Hialeah)
This Friday marks the opening of the CLIMA 2016 Art Exhibit at the Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment, with a talk by Xavier Cortada and open reception, starting at 7pm. The gallery exhibit will remain open until January 13, 2017, with special CLIMA panel discussions featuring researchers from FIU to continue next week. More >
Ghost Forests: How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands
A steady increase in sea levels is pushing saltwater into U.S. wetlands, killing trees from Florida to as far north as New Jersey. David Kaplan and Katie Glodzik (UF) discuss their research into these "ghost forests" in a recent Yale Enrionment 360 article.
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Dec 2, 2016 - Jan 13, 2017 | CLIMA 2016 Art Exhibit & Special Events | Hialeah, FL

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FCI affiliates and/or authors from FCI member universities are in bold.
 
Alsdorf, D., Beighley, E., Laraque, A., ... Spencer, R. G. M. (2016). Opportunities for hydrologic research in the Congo Basin. Rev. Geophys., 54(2), 378-409.
Bellomo, K., Clement, A. C., Murphy, L. N., Polvani, L. M., & Cane, M. A. (2016). New observational evidence for a positive cloud feedback that amplifies the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(18), 9852-9859.
Bianchi, T. S. (2016). Deltas and Humans: A Long Relationship Now Threatened by Global Change. Oxford University Press.
Boer, G. J., Smith, D. M., Cassou, C., Doblas-Reyes, F., Danabasoglu, G., Kirtman, B., et al. (2016). The Decadal Climate Prediction Project (DCPP) contribution to CMIP6. Geosci. Model Dev., 9(10), 3751-3777.
Cammarano, D., Rötter, R. P., Asseng, S., ... Jones, J. W., ... Boote, K. J., et al. (2016). Uncertainty of wheat water use: Simulated patterns and sensitivity to temperature and CO2. Field Crops Research, 198, 80-92.
Collins, J. M., Klotzbach, P. J., Maue, R. N., Roache, D. R., Blake, E. S., Paxton, C. H., Mehta, C. A. (2016). The record-breaking 2015 hurricane season in the eastern North Pacific: An analysis of environmental conditions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(17), 9217-9224.
Cui, X., Bianchi, T. S., Hutchings, J. A., Savage, C., & Curtis, J. H. (2016). Partitioning of organic carbon among density fractions in surface sediments of Fiordland, New Zealand. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121(3), 1016-1031.
Dincer Kirman, Z., Sericano, J. L., Wade, T. L., Bianchi, T. S., Marcantonio, F., & Kolker, A. S. (2016). Composition and depth distribution of hydrocarbons in Barataria Bay marsh sediments after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Pollution, 214, 101-113.
Etemadi, H., Samadi, S. Z., Sharifikia, M., & Smoak, J. M. (2016). Assessment of climate change downscaling and non-stationarity on the spatial pattern of a mangrove ecosystem in an arid coastal region of southern Iran. Theor Appl Climatol, 126(1-2), 35-49.
Feeley, K. J., Silman, M. R., & Franklin, J. (2016). Disappearing climates will limit the efficacy of Amazonian protected areas. Diversity Distrib., 22(11), 1081-1084.
González del Pliego, P., Scheffers, B. R., Basham, E. W., Woodcock, P., Wheeler, C., Gilroy, J. J., et al. (2016). Thermally buffered microhabitats recovery in tropical secondary forests following land abandonment. Biological Conservation, 201, 385-395.
Gray, S. M., Poisot, T., Harvey, E., Mouquet, N., Miller, T. E., & Gravel, D. (2016). Temperature and trophic structure are driving microbial productivity along a biogeographical gradient. Ecography, 39(10), 981-989.
Gulley, J. D., Mayer, A. S., Martin, J. B., & Bedekar, V. (2016). Sea level rise and inundation of island interiors: Assessing impacts of lake formation and evaporation on water resources in arid climates. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(18), 9712-9719.
Hertzberg, J. E., Schmidt, M. W., Bianchi, T. S., Smith, R. W., Shields, M. R., & Marcantonio, F. (2016). Comparison of eastern tropical Pacific TEX86 and Globigerinoides ruber Mg/Ca derived sea surface temperatures: Insights from the Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 434, 320-332.

Hine, A. C., Chambers, D. P., Clayton, T. D., Hafen, M. R., & Mitchum, G. T. (2016). Sea Level Rise in Florida: Science, Impacts, and Options. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida.
Hoffman, R. N., & Atlas, R. (2016). Future Observing System Simulation Experiments. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97(9), 1601-1616.
Holt, N., & Shukla, S. (2016). Transforming the Plasticulture Production System through Novel Bed Geometry Design. Transactions of the ASABE, 59(3), 993-1003.
Jacobson, S. K., Seavey, J. R., & Mueller, R. C. (2016). Integrated science and art education for creative climate change communication. E&S, 21(3).
Jerath, M., Bhat, M., Rivera-Monroy, V. H., Castañeda-Moya, E., Simard, M., & Twilley, R. R. (2016). The role of economic, policy, and ecological factors in estimating the value of carbon stocks in Everglades mangrove forests, South Florida, USA. Environmental Science & Policy, 66, 160-169.
Kassie, B. T., Asseng, S., Porter, C. H., & Royce, F. S. (2016). Performance of DSSAT-Nwheat across a wide range of current and future growing conditions. European Journal of Agronomy, 81, 27-36.
Kochhann, K. G. D., Holbourn, A., Kuhnt, W., Channell, J. E. T., Lyle, M., Shackford, J. K., et al. (2016). Eccentricity pacing of eastern equatorial Pacific carbonate dissolution cycles during the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Paleoceanography, 31(9), 1176-1192.
Li, L., Vogel, J., He, Z., Zou, X., Ruan, H., Huang, W., Wang, J., & Bianchi, T. S. (2016). Association of Soil Aggregation with the Distribution and Quality of Organic Carbon in Soil along an Elevation Gradient on Wuyi Mountain in China. PLoS ONE, 11(3), e0150898.
Malone, S. L., Barr, J., Fuentes, J. D., Oberbauer, S. F., Staudhammer, C. L., Gaiser, E. E., et al. (2016). Sensitivity to Low-Temperature Events: Implications for CO2 Dynamics in Subtropical Coastal Ecosystems. Wetlands, 36(5), 957-967.
Neibaur, E. E., & Anderson, E. P. (2016). An examination of factors affecting sustainability of domestic rainwater harvesting systems in a rural, semi-arid region of Mexico. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 16(5), 1388-1397.
Nettleman III, C. A., Abd-Elrahman, A., Adams, D., Fik, T., Ruppert, T., Barnes, G., Dewitt, B., & Ruppert, T. (2016). A GIS based model of rolling easement policies in Pinellas County and Sarasota County, Florida. Ocean & Coastal Management, 132, 143-154.
Osburn, C. L., Boyd, T. J., Montgomery, M. T., Bianchi, T. S., Coffin, R. B., & Paerl, H. W. (2016). Optical Proxies for Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter in Estuaries and Coastal Waters. Front. Mar. Sci., 2.
Parra, S. M., Valle-Levinson, A., Mariño-Tapia, I., Enriquez, C., Candela, J., & Sheinbaum, J. (2016). Seasonal variability of saltwater intrusion at a point-source submarine groundwater discharge. Limnol. Oceanogr., 61(4), 1245-1258.
Petrou, K., Kranz, S. A., Trimborn, S., Hassler, C. S., Ameijeiras, S. B., Sackett, O., et al. (2016). Southern Ocean phytoplankton physiology in a changing climate. Journal of Plant Physiology, 203, 135-150.
Routh, J., Bianchi, T. S., Hutchings, J. A., Kuhry, P., & Ranjan, R. K. (2016). Organic carbon characteristics in Swedish forest soil trace post-depositional carbon dynamics. Eur J Soil Sci, 67(4), 492-503.
Rugg, A., Foltz, G. R., & Perez, R. C. (2016). Role of Mixed Layer Dynamics in Tropical North Atlantic Interannual Sea Surface Temperature Variability. J. Climate, 29(22), 8083-8101.
Scheffers, B. R., De Meester, L., Bridge, T. C. L., Hoffmann, A. A., Pandolfi, J. M., Corlett, R. T., et al. (2016). The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people. Science, 354(6313), aaf7671.
Shields, M. R., Bianchi, T. S., Gélinas, Y., Allison, M. A., & Twilley, R. R. (2016). Enhanced terrestrial carbon preservation promoted by reactive iron in deltaic sediments. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(3), 1149-1157.
Smith, C. G., Price, R. M., Swarzenski, P. W., & Stalker, J. C. (2016). The Role of Ocean Tides on Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange in a Mangrove-Dominated Estuary: Shark River Slough, Florida Coastal Everglades, USA. Estuaries and Coasts, 39(6), 1600-1616.
Staehling, E. M., & Truchelut, R. E. (2016). Diagnosing United States hurricane landfall risk: An alternative to count-based methodologies. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43(16), 8798-8805.
Susaeta, A., Adams, D. C., Carter, D. R., Gonzalez-Benecke, C., & Dwivedi, P. (2016). Technical, allocative, and total profit efficiency of loblolly pine forests under changing climatic conditions. Forest Policy and Economics, 72, 106-114.
Valencia, B. G., Matthews-Bird, F., Urrego, D. H., Williams, J. J., Gosling, W. D., & Bush, M. (2016). Andean microrefugia: testing the Holocene to predict the Anthropocene. New Phytol, 212(2), 510-522.
Wallach, D., Thorburn, P., Asseng, S., Challinor, A. J., Ewert, F., Jones, J. W., et al. (2016). Estimating model prediction error: Should you treat predictions as fixed or random? Environmental Modelling & Software, 84, 529-539.
Ward, N. D., Bianchi, T. S., Sawakuchi, H. O., Gagne-Maynard, W., Cunha, A. C., Brito, D. C., et al. (2016). The reactivity of plant-derived organic matter and the potential importance of priming effects along the lower Amazon River. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121(6), 1522-1539.
Zick, S. E., & Matyas, C. J. (2016). A Shape Metric Methodology for Studying the Evolving Geometries of Synoptic-Scale Precipitation Patterns in Tropical Cyclones. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 106(6), 1217-1235.

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