As climate change is making heat waves more common around the world, including here in Connecticut, understanding this question is becoming more important.
Cold-water fish like trout have a strategy for surviving extreme heat moving into thermal refuges. Thermal refuges are areas in a river where colder water discharges into warmer stream water, creating a "cold-water patch." This can be caused by groundwater seeping into the stream at certain locations or even when a smaller, well-shaded stream joins a larger river, creating a plume of colder water.
Construction of the first building in App State’s Innovation District, the Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research, is set to begin in July 2023.