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New Podcast Episode: The Resilient Future of Solar Power
A new episode of the Resilient Futures Podcast is here, featuring hosts Alysha Helmrich and Todd Bridges! Lauren McPhillips didn’t always dream of being a professor, but she knew she loved solving problems. After earning three degrees in Earth systems science and environmental engineering at Cornell University, McPhillips completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Arizona…
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Make a Dam Decision: Facilitating Dam Removals Through New Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis Tool
Originally published here by the Network for Engineering With Nature. Dams across the United States are aging, with the cost to repair or remove all known deficient non-federal dams estimated at over $1.5 billion. Even for functioning dams, there may still be a number of reasons to remove them, from emissions reduction to flood risk…
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IRIS affiliates call for better disaster preparedness in the wake of Hurricane Helene devastation
“We cannot continue business as usual,” say IRIS researchers The U.S. Southeast held its breath last week as the region prepared for Hurricane Helene, which threatened excessive rainfall and strong winds hundreds of miles north of its landfall destination on the Gulf Coast. One week later, over 215 casualties have been confirmed and entire cities…
