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The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana requests proposals for $2.3 million in available funding
Feb 15, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 15, 2021) – The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) released a second Request for Proposals today and is en...
Nicholls to build $14.5 million coastal research center
Feb 9, 2021Nicholls State University in Thibodaux will begin preliminary work next year on a $14.5 million Coastal Center that will serve as a hub for research o...
Dr. Jason Curole to join The Water Institute of the Gulf as Director of Project Management
Feb 4, 2021BATON ROUGE, La. (Feb. 4, 2021) –Jason Curole, Ph.D., will be joining The Water Institute of the Gulf as the Director of Project Management on Feb. 22...
The power of transferring technology for climate adaptation
Feb 2, 2021A key part of adapting to climate change is prediction. In Louisiana, where water is eroding huge chunks of land every year, that means looking at how...
When you need to figure out how to deal with water, go to the experts
Feb 1, 2021Justin Ehrenwerth thinks a lot about where to put dirt. “The dirt is gold to us,” he said. “Do you put the dirt here versus here versus there?” Ehrenw...
Charleston mayor hopes to make improvements for racial justice, fight against pandemic
Jan 26, 2021With flooding, the mayor says they will face three major decisions this year to set the course on protection strategies. “First, we will consider a ne...
What you need to know about Charleston’s $2 billion storm surge project
Jan 22, 2021Perimeter defense proposals for the peninsula figure prominently in the findings that came from a series of meetings and workshops in 2019 called Dutc...
Could Floating Cities Be a Haven as Coastlines Submerge?
Dec 23, 2020Lesser known but gaining notoriety are the floating homes developed over the last two decades around Amsterdam, one of the lowest-lying cities in the ...
Escape plan for rising seas: Floating cities (or a barge)
Dec 23, 2020By century's end, tens of millions of U.S. coastal property owners will face a decision embodied in the popular exhortation, "Move it or lose it." But...
Save the date: RFP 2 The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana
Dec 18, 2020BATON ROUGE, La. (Dec. 18, 2020) – The RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana (LA-COE) will be releasing a second Request for Proposals in ear...
Editorial: Charleston’s issues with flooding are getting more real
Dec 3, 2020Charleston experienced three events last week that made it quite clear that our challenge of living with water is getting more real. Two were obvious:...
15 openings and upgrades that changed Baton Rouge
Nov 1, 2020The urgency of Louisiana’s diminishing wetlands was just part of the impetus behind the Water Campus, a multimillion-dollar project now positioning Ba...