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Using Dredged Materials to Aid Port Fourchon

Aug 2, 2022

A new study from The Water Institute aims to help The Greater Lafourche Port Commission leadership find the best use of dredge material resulting from...

Gulf Research Program Launches Initiative to Improve Sea Level Rise Predictions in the Gulf of Mexico

Jul 21, 2022

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced $4.6 million in awards to support three pro...

National Academies’ Gulf Research Program Awards $3.7 Million to Support Innovative Community Engagement Methods and Enhance Data Usage to Develop Equitable Outcomes to Climate Hazards

Jun 22, 2022

The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today announced grant awards for 13 new projects tota...

Louisiana Industrial Space Shifting for Inevitable Energy Transition

Jun 14, 2022

Owners in the industrial space are no longer digging in their heels in resistance to a changing global energy dynamic.Along the way, they’re discoveri...

Brave New World: Growing for the inevitable energy transition in Louisiana

Jun 8, 2022

It represents a monumental shift in mindset. Owners in the industrial space are no longer digging in their heels in resistance to a changing global en...

‘We can’t wait’: Grassroots solutions ease flooding in New Orleans

May 31, 2022

The impact of climate change is bearing down on cities like New Orleans faster than governments are equipped to react. Meanwhile, Americans are growin...

UNO Doctoral Student Awarded Environmental Research Internship

May 25, 2022

As South Louisiana and other coastal regions gear up for what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts will be an above-normal 202...

Troubled Waters

May 9, 2022

As more than 50 billion gallons a year are pumped out, saltwater is creeping in. That’s a problem for residents and industrial users alike, says Alyss...

Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Mark Kulp’s Research Aids Louisiana’s Coastal Restoration Plan

May 2, 2022

Kulp, whose research emphasis is on the sedimentary framework of the Mississippi River delta system and evolution of the Louisiana coastal plain in re...

LSU Student Receives NSF Grant to Study Water Management and Resiliency in the Netherlands

Apr 28, 2022

LSU student Kelli Moran is one of 14 in the nation to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant that supports graduate student study in the Ne...

The Water Campus’ ‘Smart Port’ dashboard becoming a vital tool

Apr 27, 2022

The Water Campus 'Smart Port' dashboard is rapidly becoming a vital tool for data sharing of river conditions, eliminating delays and saving money. T...

Scientists come together in Baton Rouge to collaborate for a better Gulf of Mexico

Apr 24, 2022

Louisiana’s coastal issues may seem different from what other Gulf of Mexico states are facing, but when you pull back and look at the entire Gulf reg...