NEWS
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Stormwater Maintenance Resources
The UGA Marine Extension and SeaGrant works closely with communities to develop real-world solutions to challenges that they face. Jessica Brown is a stormwater specialist part of the UGA Marine Extension, where she works with municipalities and communities to improve stormwater management and stewardship. Brown and the team at SeaGrant…
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Capstone program spans the bridge between learning and real-world problems
IRIS Affiliate Stephen Durham, the assistant dean for student success and outreach at the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, spoke to the efficacy of the UGA College of Engineering Capstone program in a recent article on the College of Engineering’s webpage. The capstone gives students real world experience in…
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University Units Collaborate to Host Climate and Water Research Slam
Great minds don’t necessarily think alike—and our friends at the River Basin Center feel that’s valuable. That’s why they partnered with The Office of Sustainability and the Georgia Initiative for Climate and Society to host the Climate and Water Research Slam on May 12, 1 to 5 p.m. Twenty-two speakers—including…
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Predicting Uncertainty: IRIS researchers develop models to more accurately predict and map flood zones
Flooding in urban areas cost Americans over $106 billion dollars from 1960 through 2016 in damage, and took lives and livelihoods. Predicting which areas are most likely to flood amid changing land use and rainfall can be expensive and complicated—and past methods of drawing flood maps fail to capture the…
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On the Impacts of Aging Water Infrastructure and Land Use Changes: Interview with Krista Capps
IRIS Affiliate Dr. Krista Capps was recently featured in UGA Today
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IRIS Retreat Photos
On April 11th and 12th, many of our IRIS affiliates joined us at the Lodge at Amicalola Falls for two days of discussion about all things resilient infrastructure systems, including how we can best serve our communities through foundational research, groundbreaking policy, and inspiring outreach.
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Redefining Waters of the US: a Case Study from the Edge of the Okefenokee Swamp
IRIS affiliate Dr. Rhett Jackson, John Porter Stevens Distinguished Professor of Water Resources in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, and colleagues, recently published a case study highlighting the impacts of the 2020 ruling to replace the Clean Water Rule with the Navigable Waters Protection Rule on the…
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Faces of Resiliency
In a recent feature, the UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant highlighted the ways in which communities are bolstering their resiliency to severe weather events. This series featured the work of several IRIS affiliates, including Brian Bledsoe, UGA Athletic Association Professor & Director, UGA College of Engineering, Jessica Brown, Stormwater Specialist,…
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On Stream Warming and Food Chains: IRIS Undergraduates present at UGA CURO Symposium
Olivia Allen and Ally Whiteis, undergraduate students in the Odum School of Ecology (and working with doctoral students Nathan Tomczyk and Carolyn Cummins) presented their research results at the UGA CURO symposium on April 4th. Both students found that stream organisms and food resources changed due to streamwater warming. Their…
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Learning from past projects: paper published on a new monitoring approach for improving natural infrastructure
As part of the Network for Engineering With Nature, and in collaboration with a team of researchers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering With Nature Initiative, IRIS affiliates Dr. Charles Van Rees, Laura Naslund, Dr. Brock Woodson, Dr. Amy Rosemond and Dr. Seth Wenger published a new paper…
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Register now: NASEM Workshop on the Benefits, Applications, and Opportunities of Natural Infrastructure
A workshop on May 10-11, 2022 will explore the benefits, applications, and opportunities of natural infrastructure and its efficacy in areas such as natural hazard resilience, climate change adaptation, and sustainable, multi-purpose infrastructure. The event will be a public, hybrid (in-person and virtual) workshop to assist the committee to explore opportunities…
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Towards principles and policy levers for advancing living shorelines: new article published in Journal of Environmental Management
Living shorelines provide an attractive alternative to traditional shoreline armoring, such as bulkheads and seawalls. They stabilize shorelines, reduce erosion, and decrease wave energy, as well as providing recreation opportunities for nearby communities. Before they can be adopted across the landscape, however, there are several policy barriers that must be…
