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Fighting fire with fire: How prescribed burns can help mitigate wildfire risks
A new study in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management indicates that prescribed burns could play a key role in mitigating risks of wildfire like those still active in Los Angeles, California. This photo of the Palisades Fire was taken from the Playa Vista neighborhood in western Los Angeles Jan. 7. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)…
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Shepherd receives National Academies award for science communications
J. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Geography in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, was the top prize winner in the National Academies’ Research Scientist: Later Career category of its Schmidt Awards. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recently revealed the 2024 recipients of the Eric and…
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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…