New Jersey Climate Change Research Symposium 2023 - Detailed Agenda - concurrent sessions a

In September 2022, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), the NJDEP released a supplement to the original report that described the direct, indirect, and wide-ranging influences of climate change on human health and communities. [...] The overall purpose of these reports is to help State and local decision- makers understand both the significant and extensive impacts of climate change as well NJ Climate Change Research Symposium / 10 as the comprehensive and forward-thinking responses that are required by all levels of government, economic sectors, and communities, to prepare for the climate impacts that New Jersey cannot avoid. [...] By collaborating with each other and with local residents, officials, and professionals, MACH researchers aim to advance the holistic understanding of both coastal dynamics and decision making in order to address the complex risks posed by climate change here and around the world. [...] We found that although studies of paleomidden arthropod assemblages have almost exclusively been used to support vegetative and climatic reconstructions, these resources could be leveraged to study ancient trophic webs, the role of climate and biotic interactions in the production of biodiversity, and the mechanistic relationships between environmental change and arthropod community composition. [...] With an increase in the incidence of HABs in both marine and freshwater ecosystems due to the global temperature rise and eutrophication, there is growing interest in evaluating the ability of microcystins to also act as reproductive toxins.