Maya Weiss of the University of Virginia joined COMBB as an NSF REU fellow for the summer of 2024. Maya brought expertise in stream hydrology and water quality monitoring. She worked on analyzing the chemistry of dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus in rivers flowing into Buzzards Bay and modeling seasonal and annual water and solute fluxes in these rivers. Maya is now working on a Distinguished Major’s Program senior thesis project entitled, Hydrology and Nutrient Fluxes of Rivers in the Buzzards Bay Watershed, under Chris Neill and Professor Todd Scanlon of UVa.
Jordan Verret of the University of New Orleans worked with the COMBB as a summer 2024 intern in the Woods Hole Partnership Education (PEP) program. Jordan assembled and analyzed long-term data on temperature and precipitation gathered from weather stations around Buzzards Bay. He found contrary to expectations that since 1990 summer temperatures have warmed more than winter temperatures. Jordan’s final presentation in the 2024 PEP symposium was entitled, Climate Data Analysis of Falmouth and Surrounding Areas.