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Tulane researcher available to talk about the climate-saving power of mangrove forests
Tulane University researcher Daniel Friess and his team work to unveil the critical role that mangrove forests play in the fight against climate change. Mangroves ...
What does sea level rise mean for you? WCU's Robert Young explains
Sea levels are rising and that's why we sat down with Robert Young, director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines to get ...
Disaster researchers discuss preparedness, evacuations and recovery as Hurricane Idalia bears down on Florida's Gulf Coast
It's déjà vu all over again. Less than a year after Hurricane Ian brought floods and destruction to Florida towns off the Gulf of ...
Tulane expert weighs in on potential threats of Mississippi River water levels
The Mighty Mississippi is experiencing historic low water levels due to drought, and that has one expert at Tulane University concerned about what it could ...
Studying glaciers . . . from Florida
By Emma Richards On the surface, the University of Florida seems an unlikely place to find cutting-edge research on ice sheets. But Emma “Mickey” MacKie ...
Georgia Southern establishes new institute to better address challenges related to water and human interactions
Georgia Southern University has established a new research and outreach center, the Institute for Water and Health, to investigate the complex interactions between water and ...
First Commercial-Scale Wind Farm in the U.S. Would Generate Electricity to Power 400,000 Homes
The Vineyard Wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts, is the first major offshore wind farm in the U.S. It is part of ...
Reconstructing the past to forecast how climate change may alter our future
The scientific world all agrees – climate change is real, it’s here and it is something we need to know more about. As the climate ...