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World Wetlands Day: IRIS Affiliates working in climate-regulating powerhouse ecosystems
Today, February 2, 2024, is celebrating World Wetlands Day! Wetlands are an incredible environmental resource and provide diverse, invaluable benefits: temperature regulation, keystone species habitat, storm surge insulation, and massive amounts of carbon sequestration in soil and plant biomass. In honor of wetlands and the work IRIS affiliates do with this important ecosystems, we’re re-sharing […]
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New episode of the Resilient Futures Podcast: Biodiversity and Why It Matters in Engineering
In the newest episode of our new Resilient Futures Podcast (formerly the Future Cities Podcast), Alysha and Todd are joined by Kyle McKay (USACE Research Civil Engineer) and Charles van Rees (Conservation Scientist at UGA) to discuss all things biodiversity. Biodiversity is an ecological concept that can be difficult to quantify, but is critical for […]
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New IRIS in Focus: A Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Primer on Levee Setbacks
Recently, IRIS researchers Yee Huang and Matt Shudtz developed the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Primer on Levee Setbacks, a tool intended to help interested communities strategize how to implement a levee setback by helping planning branches in federal agencies, local levee districts and beyond understand the authorities, funding programs, permitting and legal requirements, and incentives […]
