Tag: Ainsley Lord
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Using Large Skeletal Architecture Fossil Coral Rubble to Reconstruct the Central Tropical Pacific Climate
By Ainsley Lord Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pamela Grothe Abstract The tropical Pacific is a major driver of global climate variability through the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). However, the impact of warming sea surface temperature (SST) and/or freshening sea surface salinity (SSS) on ENSO from anthropogenic climate change is poorly understood due to limited continuous…
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The impact of traffic on Red-Tailed Hawks in Shenandoah National Park
By Ainsley Lord Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gallagher, Dr. Bowen Abstract As National Parks become more visited and popular, there is very little known about how different animals are being impacted by this influx in humans. I worked to investigate if there is a correlation between the amount of car traffic through Shenandoah National Park (SNP)…
