ecosystems

Tribal Lands and Environment Forum: Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge

Past event / SEI researchers will present their project and initial findings on the potential for satellite data to support the use of traditional ecological knowledge.

Montana youth win climate case, with support from SEI expert

Feature / A Montana judge ruled in favor of 16 youth who sued the state for the right to a "healthful environment".

Reducing summer tourism’s impact on Baltic Sea coastal wastewater plants

Feature / The surge in tourism leads to seasonal fluctuations in wastewater generation, overwhelming the coastal wastewater treatment systems during the summer season.

The value of cooperation under climate change in Central Asia’s Syr Darya River: Using integrated water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus tools to inform policy

Other publication / Cooperation in the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus among countries sharing the Syr Darya River Basin can improve local livelihoods.

WEAP training: summer 2023

Past event / SEI scientists will host a three-day training on WEAP, SEI's flagship water modelling software, on 12, 14 and 16 June 2023. Register today.

Application of watershed-scale habitat modeling and decision-support tools for reservoir reoperations in coastal northern California

Journal article / Researchers used a suite of tools to model human and aquatic habitat water needs in a California watershed and aid local water allocation policy.

Balancing aquatic habitat and human water supply in California: a Q&A with Doug Chalmers

Feature / Water managers must balance the needs of aquatic habitat and human supply. SEI Scientist Doug Chalmers explains a new approach to help resolve that tension.

Prescribed fire in UK heather-dominated blanket bog peatlands: a critical review of “Carbon storage and sequestration by habitat: a review of the evidence (second edition)” by Gregg et al., 2021

Journal article / This paper critically reviewed a UK government advisory agency's publication which aimed to synthesise evidence on prescribed fire for peatlands management.

Virtual reality shows how fracking affects Argentinian river basin

Media coverage / SEI's partnership with a university in Argentina allows people to explore the intersections of fracking and local water supply with virtual reality.