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US NGO highlights blue carbon potential for Louisiana wetlands
Mar 5, 2025A US NGO has published research showing that Louisiana’s wetlands could be a key carbon sink, presenting an opportunity for blue carbon projects in th...
Louisiana’s wetlands store massive amounts of carbon. They also contribute to emissions when lost.
Feb 26, 2025Louisiana’s wetlands are one of the planet’s most vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that ...
What Is Blue Carbon?
Feb 5, 2025The Water Institute's CEO, Beaux Jones, is back with Tommy Tucker to discuss blue carbon and the research on carbon sequestration budgets at The Insti...
Conserving Earth: The Water Institute Helps Communities Plan for the Future
Jan 15, 2025The Conserving Earth Podcast is a monthly show featuring experts discussing wildlife and our natural resources, and what we can do to preserve our env...
Blue carbon and the Louisiana wetlands? We explain what that is and why it's so important
Jan 15, 2025The Water Institute is studying Louisiana wetlands to judge their ability to hold "blue carbon." So what actually IS blue carbon? We talk to Beaux Jon...
Louisiana's wetlands are priceless. This team is calculating what they're worth to the climate.
Jan 9, 2025Louisiana has more than three million acres of wetlands, vast expanses that teem with animals, trees, swamps, water and wildness. They're part of the ...
Louisiana’s Water Institute Wins National Award for Jacksonville Impact
Oct 24, 2024Launched in October 2023, the Resilient Jacksonville strategy is a comprehensive 50-year framework aimed at preparing the city for climate change, pop...
City of Jacksonville wins national award for resiliency strategy
Oct 23, 2024The city of Jacksonville has received a national award for its work to protect the city from flooding, intense heat and other severe weather. The city...
Experts join locals to plan for resilience lab
Oct 3, 2024Resilience Lab planning will begin this month, according to St. Mary Excel. Local stakeholders (a diversified group of community leaders) will be join...
Why don’t we just fix the Colorado River crisis by piping in water from the East?
Sep 30, 2024If the West’s leaders wanted to take some water from the East, who would they even ask? Right now, there’s no national water agency that could oversee...
Announcing the 2024 Women of the Year & Nonprofit Organizations
Aug 26, 2024Honorees for the 2024 class of CityBusiness Women of the Year & Nonprofit Organizations have been selected. Women of the Year recognizes women fro...
As Gulf of Mexico Rises, Who Along Coast Is Most Vulnerable?
Aug 9, 2024Tropical Storm Alberto's surge washed over Shoreline Park this summer even though its eye struck hundreds of miles away in Mexico. Heavy April rains d...