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2012 Spring | Business & Sustainability, Climate Change, Education & Outreach

River Deltas: Valuable Today, Vulnerable Tomorrow

Student(s):

Jackson Wells

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Roger Fuller

Partner(s):

  • The Nature Conservancy

Faculty advisor(s):

Nate Mantua School of Aquatic & Fisheries Sciences

For my project, I researched historical floods and storms of Puget Sound’s rivers and the damages they caused. Specifically, I focused on economic damages suffered near the rivers’ deltas. I was interested to see if economic damages suffered near the deltas were increasing over time due to rising sea levels and changes in river stream flow patterns.