Tag: resilience

  • UGA Research Feature: For the love of salt marshes: Michelle Covi fights for coastal resiliency

    UGA Research Feature: For the love of salt marshes: Michelle Covi fights for coastal resiliency

    In a new research profile by UGA Research News, Michelle Covi explains what led her to a lifelong career advocating for salt marshes. Covi is the coastal resilience liaison for Department of Defense under UGA’s Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. Covi is an incredibly active member of UGA’s campus, and spoke about her mission […]

  • Managing the ebb & flow of the I-85 corridor

    Managing the ebb & flow of the I-85 corridor

    The University of Georgia Office of Research recently featured research surrounding water quality and supply in the Interstate 85 corridor, a region that stretches from Alabama to Virginia and crosses two of the South’s largest urban centers, Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC. This work, a collaborative effort between the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) […]

  • Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on extreme heat threats

    Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on extreme heat threats

    Dr. Marshall Shepherd, director of the University of Georgia’s atmospheric sciences program, was quoted by The Guardian in a new article about the extreme heat threats facing Americans this summer. The article reviews the looming threat of major summer heatwaves, from the arid southwest U.S. to the humid Atlantic coast. According to NOAA, the only […]