Tag: Natural infrastructure

  • IRIS publication touts opportunities for improving infrastructure and supporting biodiversity

    IRIS publication touts opportunities for improving infrastructure and supporting biodiversity

    A team from the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature initiative recently published a comment in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, describing the opportunity that comes with melding biodiversity conservation and innovation in infrastructure, as well as the crucial importance for our society in seizing that opportunity.

  • Coastal Georgia’s Natural Infrastructure Proving Grounds

    Coastal Georgia’s Natural Infrastructure Proving Grounds

    An interactive map of coastal Georgia showcasing the state’s natural proving grounds We’re proud to unveil our new Natural Infrastructure Proving Ground map, a StoryMap that highlights collaborative nature-based infrastructure projects around the state. View the full map here, or explore it below.

  • Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    A search for challenging work drove me from my home country, Nigeria to the United States. I was admitted to the Environmental Engineering program at the University of Georgia as a masters student in 2020. A few months after I arrived at the department, I was placed in the Hunter Army Airfield project team. Since my bachelor’s degree program was…