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  • Adaptation at a crossroads:  Socially uneven adoptions of agricultural technologies in rural India

    Adaptation at a crossroads:  Socially uneven adoptions of agricultural technologies in rural India

    Communities around the world are beginning to feel the impacts of climate change, including increasing temperatures, sea level rise, and intensifying storms. Many are taking action through lifestyle changes and new technologies that can help mitigate environmental issues on small scales. However, for these individual-level changes to make an impact, many people need to implement […]

  • Shepherd receives National Academies award for science communications

    Shepherd receives National Academies award for science communications

    J. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was the top prize winner in the National Academies’ Research Scientist: Later Career category of its Schmidt Awards. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently revealed the 2024 recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence…

  • Save the Date: IRIS to host AEES 2025

    Save the Date: IRIS to host AEES 2025

    The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems will host the next annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society next spring in Athens, Georgia. The event, which will be the 25th anniversary of this meeting, will be returning to Athens after the inaugural conference was first held there in 2001. Mark your calendar for May 28-30, […]