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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:37:50.852536'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/adam-benthem
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education: []
   email: abenthem@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Rivers
   - Geomorphology
   - Hydrology
   - Dams
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Adam Benthem is a Geomorphologist in the New England Water Science Center.
   name: Adam Benthem
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-2372-0281
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-england-water-science-center
   organization_name: New England Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Adam studies the anthropogenic modification of rivers and\
     \ land surfaces. He specializes in using remote sensing to monitor and predict\
     \ landform change through time with a focus on integrating field-based site\
     \ measurements with regional-scale geospatial datasets. He received his Master\u2019\
     s Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Virginia. In 2010 he\
     \ worked for the Deepwater Horizon Commission which investigated the oil spill\
     \ in the Gulf of Mexico and joined the USGS in 2011. Adam's work at the USGS\
     \ focuses on the mechanics of sediment transport and investigates how rivers\
     \ mobilize, transport, and store sediment though the landscape. Anthropogenic\
     \ changes such as dams, urbanization, industrial activity, and climate change\
     \ can greatly modify natural processes of sediment transport resulting in significant\
     \ changes in our Nation's rivers. This can lead to shifts in flooding, damage\
     \ to infrastructure, and loss of critical ecosystems. The changes related to\
     \ sediment movement operate on time scale ranging from seconds to centuries,\
     \ this research address not just the issues we have today but prepares us for\
     \ the challenges we will face tomorrow."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Hydrologist