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Marshall Shepherd to feature in new documentary: Superfloods
A new NOVA documentary premiering next week features Marshall Shepherd, Director of the UGA Atmospheric Sciences program and IRIS Associate Director of Climate Science and Outreach. “Superfloods” discusses the alarming threat of unprecedented flooding, such as that seen during Hurricane Helene last fall or in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend. While at one […]
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Natural Infrastructure Fellow Aurora Fowler on Freshwater, Field Work and Frogs
For Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellow Aurora Fowler, field work is a way to understand how ecosystems respond to change on the ground–and in the mud. During her six weeks living out of a camper along the lower Missouri River this summer, she investigated the froggy details of a region shaped by decades of levees, flood […]
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IRIS Field Course serves as a model for natural infrastructure education
What’s the best way to learn about interdisciplinary topics? A new Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems publication, “Assessing outcomes of a field-oriented course in natural infrastructure,” helps to answer that question. The publication, which was recently published in the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, highlighted how experiential learning can improve student understanding and skills. […]
