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Port of LC partners with city, parish to warn flood-prone areas
Jul 24, 2018Port of Lake Charles officials on Monday agreed to partner with the city of Lake Charles and the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury on an effort that would ...
A tiny sea worm could be a gateway for human exposure to neurotoxin
Jul 12, 2018Humans could consume a neurotoxin produced by algae through a food chain of creatures that begins with a tiny sea worm, according to a study published...
New Orleans: Ready Or Not? The Storms Will Come
Jul 12, 2018Improvements to the federal hurricane protection system mean New Orleans is better prepared for storms than ever before. But just outside the levees, ...
Rising Risks: Baton Rouge emerges from devastating floods to lead the battle against rising water
Jun 29, 2018Water from a stalled storm system caused nearly $4 billion in residential property damage alone in the Baton Rouge area, according to Louisiana Econom...
Why We Need Seagrass
Jun 25, 2018Seagrass meadows are not only vital habitats for a variety of marine life, they are also a vital link between land and sea, improving water quality an...
Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette area Business Honors for June 24, 2018
Jun 24, 2018AROUND LOUISIANA The Louisiana State Bar Association presented its Outstanding Young Lawyer Award to Loren D. Shanklin, a partner in the Baton Rouge f...
Groundwater commission hires Water Institute to brainstorm aquifer protection, mulls fee increases
Jun 23, 2018The regional groundwater commission is thinking about increasing the fee charged to pump water out of the aquifer beneath Baton Rouge to pay for a new...
Cities face dramatic rise in heat, flood risks by 2050, researchers say
Jun 20, 2018"This is a wake-up call" that action is needed now to deal with fast-approaching problems, says one urban expert.In the next 30 years, cities around t...
Rethinking the River
Jun 19, 2018By Alexander S. Kolker, Alyssa M. Dausman, Mead A. Allison, Gary L. Brown, Philip Y. Chu, Kim de Mutsert, Catherine E. Fitzpatrick, Jessica R. Henkel,...
EXECUTIVE PERSPECTIVE: Louisiana's Coastal Leadership
Jun 18, 2018“What Louisiana knows so well is what communities around the world are learning — preparing for the last disaster isn’t enough.” In Louisiana, Gov. Jo...
Melissa Baustian Receives 2018 Coastal Stewardship Award
Jun 7, 2018Melissa Baustian, adjunct professor in the Department Of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, was awarded the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana’s 2...
Letters: Water summit a great success
Jun 4, 2018I write to express my gratitude to the Baton Rouge community for the success of the first annual Ten Across Water Summit, which was held on May 16 and...