WOODBINE, NJ – Starting around July 8 and lasting up to a month, a helicopter towing a large hoop from a cable will begin making low-level flights over Delaware Bay and nearby regions in Delaware and New Jersey as part of the U.S.
On Jan. 13, 2021, John Callahan, associate scientist at the Delaware Geological Survey, presented at the 101st American Meteorological Society (AMS) 2021 annual meeting, the world’s largest yearly gathering for the weather, water and climate community.
DGS scientist John Callahan was selected as a member of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Advisory Committee on Climate Change (ACCC). John was selected as one of nine non-reserve members, to serve along with nine reserve members, to make up the 18-member committee.
It has been widely documented that Delaware is highly vulnerable to the impacts of coastal flooding along its Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean, and Delaware Inland Bay shores.
The report “Recommendation of Sea-Level Rise Planning Scenarios for Delaware: Technical Report” was selected as the winner of the 2019 John C. Frye Memorial Award.
An expanse of tidal wetlands fringes the Delaware Estuary and provides Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey with abundant ecosystem services including habitat for indigenous and migrating plants and wildlife, biogeochemical cycling of nutrients, preserving water quality, flood hazard mitigation
UD experts share information on climate change, community risk assessments
All three counties in Delaware have their own risks and are facing their own unique challenges when it comes to climate change and sea level rise.
John Callahan, climate scientist with the Delaware Geological Survey, made several presentations at the Delaware Wetlands Conference, held Jan. 31-Feb. 1, in Wilmington, Delaware.
Water streams in from the bays and Atlantic Ocean, sweeping over the Delaware beach area — no mercy for the vacation homes dotting the shore.