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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, 2022The 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, 2022Owners 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, 2022It 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, 2022The 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, 2022As 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, 2022As 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, 2022Kulp, 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, 2022LSU 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, 2022The 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, 2022Louisiana’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...
U.S. Rep. Graves, Water Institute want to launch flood prevention lab
Apr 7, 2022Congressman Garret Graves’ recent request for $2 million in federal dollars for an initiative at the Water Institute of the Gulf focused on flood prev...
Louisiana International Trade Leaders to Converge on Louisiana for Weeklong Economic Showcase Event
Mar 14, 2022The weeklong itinerary will showcase the state’s economic resilience, reflected in five consecutive years of capital investment growth even as the pan...