FIJI
In Fiji, the lab has recently been working on understanding how communities conceptualize and prioritize reef and mangrove ecosystem services, as well as the ways that climate intersects with food sovereignty. In addition, we have conducted fundamental ecology work looking at reef sampling methodologies and the impact of future climate scenarios on species distributions throughout the archipelago. This work has been the culmination of a 20+ year working relationship with various communities and in partnership with Dr. Amanda Ford and students at the University of the South Pacific.
SYRACUSE
The CHAOS lab has been working in our home city of Syracuse looking at the health of Onondaga Lake. Through a long-term monitoring program, we are tracking the recovery of this lake and exploring the values urban freshwater systems can provide to various stakeholders.
NORTHWEST ATLANTIC
We have carried out a number of projects looking at the numerous ecosystem services that oysters can provide stakeholders in both Rhode Island and in New York. Additoinally, in partnership with Elizabeth Sibertof the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution we are examining the use of dermal denticles as a conservation monitoriying strategy for sharks. We have also spent time thinking about the history of whaling and how the lessons we learn from Nantucket and New Bedford can provide a roadmap to more sustaiblae climate futures in the Gulf Coast of the US.
PUERTO RICO
In conjunction with Vieques Love and Dr. Hannah Reich we are exploring the microbial ecology of Vieques' bioluminscent bays, the toxic legacy of naval bombing on biodiveristy, and the ways that colonalism is impacting local people's access to terrestrial and marine ecosystem services.