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Long Island study investigating climate change impacts on ecosystems

New Canaan News: The Long Island Sound Study will investigate climate change impacts on key wildlife and ecosystem resources in the waterway. The project -- "Sentinels of Climate Change: Coastal Indicators of Wildlife and Ecosystem Change in Long Island Sound" -- is part of LISS's Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change program. A sentinel is "a measurable variable (physical, biological, or chemical environmental indicator) that is susceptible to some key aspect of climate change." The program aims to identify...