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News Release 18-052
NSF-supported researchers to present new results on hurricanes and other extreme events
Ecosystem resilience and human well-being topic of ecological sciences conference
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In 2017, hurricanes devastated ecosystems from tropical forests to salt marshes.
Credit: NASA
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The Mississippi Delta before hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed a large part of it in 2005.
Credit: NASA
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NSF's Luquillo LTER and CZO sites after Hurricane Maria: the tropical forest there was uprooted.
Credit: USFS/Grizelle González
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During Hurricane Irma, Florida's Shark River Slough saw its highest water levels ever recorded.
Credit: Franco Tobias
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Hurricane Irma severely affected the salt marshes of NSF's Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER site.
Credit: NSF Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Site
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At NSF's Virginia Coast Reserve LTER site, scientists study the impacts of higher storm surges.
Credit: E. Zambello
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