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New Resilient Futures Podcast Episode: NbS in the Global South
A new episode of the Resilient Futures Podcast is here! In this episode, Alysha and Todd speak with Marta Berbés-Blázquez and Stephanie Cruz Maysonet from the University of Waterloo about the implementation of Nature-based Solutions in the Global South. Cruz Maysonet conducted an interview with practitioners Tischa Muñoz Erickson (San Juan, Puerto Rico) and Mercy Borbor-Cordova (Guayaquil and Duran, Ecuador)…
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New publication: What it takes to create a successful oyster reef breakwater
Oyster reef breakwaters are a form of natural infrastructure that is gaining popularity in coastal regions, but there is still a shortage of data and literature on what environmental conditions best suit these structures. A team of IRIS researchers from the College of Engineering and the Odum School of Ecology are working to fill this gap. Because the reefs are…
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IRIS featured in UGA Research: “Magnifying Research: UGA seeding formation of broad research teams”
“Big problems require big solutions.” This is the start of a new article from the UGA Office of Research, which profiles cross-disciplinary investigative teams and their impact on research and funding across campus. The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems is just one of these teams, aligning experts to focus on nature-based solutions. “I saw tremendous potential at UGA for this…
