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UGA Impact: Outsmarting Disaster with Natural Infrastructure
UGA researchers combine natural and man-made infrastructure to help communities be more resilient. To prepare a community for a flood, engineers design efficient, protective systems to divert and control water. But should that infrastructure take the form of concrete drainage systems, dams, and levees? Or swamps, reefs, and streams?
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Putting America’s nature on the record
When a change in federal administration priority closed the door on the inaugural National Nature Assessment, the report’s crew of volunteer authors could have stopped. Instead, they opened a window. The team, drawn from academia, nonprofits and industry, chose to continue the work independently to put together a comprehensive report, originally directed by an April […]
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Climate & Water Research Slam spans array of topics
Researchers honed their science communications skills on March 20 by distilling complex, innovative work to just five minutes in the 2026 Climate & Water Research Slam. Over two dozen faculty, graduate students and guests from across campus came together to give lightning talks on an array of water and climate topics: tiny endangered frogs, massive […]
