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Public Comment Sought On Parish's Plans for Restore Act Funds
Dec 27, 2021Morgan City Coastal Resilience Laboratory. The parish government would be partners with the Water Institute of the Gulf in “piloting projects for impl...
As Charleston seawall plan inches forward, many ask: Are there greener options?
Dec 19, 2021A study by the Corps and the Water Institute of the Gulf is also ongoing right now on how to account for the natural improvements in the cost ratio. E...
Louisiana parishes face some of highest flood risk of any U.S. counties, new study says
Oct 18, 2021It will come as no surprise to anyone who’s been caught in a sudden downpour in New Orleans, Lake Charles or many points between. A new analysis layin...
USM Prof, Water Institute Work to Restore Chandeleur Islands
Sep 18, 2021A Louisiana-based research organization and a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi are joining forces in a project to examine how to ma...
Understanding the True Flood Risks of Tropical Cyclones
Sep 13, 2021New research led by IIHR Director Gabriele Villarini, working in cooperation with partners at The Water Institute of the Gulf, Louisiana State Univers...
How New Orleans’ infrastructure held up to Hurricane Ida
Sep 3, 2021Today, climate-focused infrastructure projects in the US tend to be narrowly defined and managed by one or two agencies. State and local agencies plan...
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...