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U.S. Civil Engineers Bent the Rules to Give New Orleans Extra Protection from Hurricanes. Those Adjustments Might Have Saved the City During Ida
Sep 2, 2021Hugh Roberts, the COO of The Water Institute of the Gulf, a non-profit research organization, worked with the Army Corps on post-Katrina flood protect...
Amid the Misery of Hurricane Ida, Coastal Restoration Offers Hope. But the Price Is High
Sep 2, 2021Louisiana has a science-based approach to coastal resilience that is far ahead of other states, said Scott Hemmerling, a cultural geographer who focus...
Hurricane Ida Hit An Important Oil And Gas Hub, Which Will Likely Drive Up Gas Prices
Sep 1, 2021Hurricane Ida has severely disrupted the lives of people who live in southeastern Louisiana with power failures, cellphone outages and closed business...
River Data Provided by Tugs Improves Mississippi Port Operations
Aug 17, 2021The institute's new Lower Mississippi River SmartPort & Resilience Center (or SmartPort) will develop a decision-support tool that will forecast s...
A city of water: Experts explain how climate change impacts Pittsburgh’s infrastructure
Aug 9, 2021As the climate crisis hastens, many experts believe Pittsburgh — at the center of the Rust Belt — will be a part of something new: the “waterbelt.” In...
Hurricane simulations by Bridges, Bridges-2 inform state decision making
Aug 8, 2021Destruction of coastal habitat doesn’t just affect wildlife—it endangers human lives and impacts employment and the larger economy. Working for the Lo...
Water Works - A jaunt to Jazz Fest leads to a mission for Louisiana’s wetlands
Jul 30, 2021The weekend after April 20, 2010, was a fateful one for Justin Ehrenwerth ’01. He took a trip with friends to Jazz Fest in New Orleans, where he met u...
Here are Louisiana's seven strategies to cut greenhouse gas emissions
Jul 30, 2021The Louisiana Climate Initiatives Task Force - charged with finding ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that lead to hotter temperatures, higher s...
Baton Rouge summit will address pending groundwater crisis
Jul 29, 2021Advocates in Baton Rouge are continuing to lobby for protection of the region’s source of drinking water: the Southern Hills Aquifer. Together Baton R...
Nicholls State University to receive $500,000 grant for coastal research
Jul 27, 2021Nicholls State University will receive nearly $500,000 to conduct research aimed at helping Louisiana preserve its eroding coast. The $495,368 will c...
SmartPort Project to Collect Crowdsourced Sediment Data
Jul 23, 2021Ports along the Mississippi River in Louisiana will begin working with the Water Institute of the Gulf, an applied research nonprofit in Baton Rouge, ...
Louisiana SmartPort to boost data awareness for inland shipping
Jul 23, 2021The SmartPort initiative was launched in June 2021 through a $1.6 million grant from the US Economic Development Administration and a $1.4 million com...