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Thesis Defense: Modeling Oyster Reef Resilience with Rebecca Stanley
Join us for a N-EWN graduate student’s thesis defense! Rebecca Stanley, MS candidate in Civil & Environmental Engineering with Emphasis in Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering, University of Georgia will defend her thesis: “Modeling Oyster Reef Resilience as a Form of Nature-Based Infrastructure in Response to Local Hydrodynamic Conditions” The application of nature-based infrastructure (NBI) has become…
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Natural infrastructure feature of the month: urban trees
Most people don’t stop to consider the trees that they pass each day as they go about their business in cities around the world, but these urban trees provide important functions for our homes and neighborhoods, including cooling ambient temperatures, purifying and absorbing rainwater, and absorbing carbon dioxide. The cooling properties of urban trees are…
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Rainwater Harvesting with Cisterns
Whether it’s at the turn of a faucet or a bucket from the well, every person in the world relies on having clean water. In Ceará, Brazil, where water scarcity is an issue, communities rely on collected rainfall in cisterns to ensure that they have access to water through the year. Cydney Seigerman, a PhD…
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Sizing up marshes for flood prevention
Just how big do coastal marshes need to be to do their job as protectors of the coastline? N-EWN researchers from the University of Georgia, Viyaktha Hithaishi Hewageegana, Matt Bilskie, Brock Woodson, and Brian Bledsoe investigated the matter by running simulations that tested how changes in marsh geometry impacted the storm surge and amount of…
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First N-EWN All Partners Meeting
This week, all the N-EWN partners met in conjunction for the first time to define our broad strategic vision, outline expectations for working together, and set the wheels in motion for awesome collaborations. We’re so excited by all the great ideas and potential for partnership!
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Special Section on LTER and Climate Change
Story by Sean Turner Forest and freshwater ecosystems are not just important for their natural beauty. They also provide our communities with drinking water, power, transportation, and provide habitat for other species. And because of their importance as infrastructure, it is imperative that we know how climate change has affected these biomes and how we…
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New publication: Engineering coastal structures to centrally embrace biodiversity
Story by Sean Turner Image from Pexels.com Protecting ecosystems or protecting our communities is not an “either-or” scenario. Both are possible using natural infrastructure in place of and alongside gray infrastructure. Natural infrastructure is capable of protecting our coastal communities from floods as well as increasing biodiversity on our shorelines. Network for Engineering With Nature…
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Benefits, Applications and Opportunities of Natural Infrastructure Workshop: Proceedings in Brief
The proceedings in brief from the Benefits, Applications and Opportunities of Natural Infrastructure Workshop is now available! This event explored the benefits, applications, and opportunities of natural infrastructure and its efficacy in areas such as natural hazard resilience, climate change adaptation, and sustainable, multi-purpose infrastructure. Check it out here.
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Integrating Biodiversity with Water Management Engineering
Sustainable development approaches to infrastructure and water management have begun to prioritize biodiversity conservation and ecological conditions as key outcomes and objectives. Calls for including species and ecosystems in water resources decision-making come from the growing global understanding of a worldwide biodiversity crisis, marked by unprecedented losses stemming from diverse human-caused pressures. The essential connections…
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N-EWN Knowledge Seminar: Opportunities for Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) in Unique Island Contexts: Puerto Rico
The Network for Engineering With Nature® (EWN) invites you to join us for the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature. The next webinar, Opportunities for Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) in Unique Island Contexts: Puerto Rico, will be held on Thursday, September 15th at 12:30 ET, presented by Dave Hampton (LimnoTech) and Burton Suedel (ERDC-EL). Our guest speakers will present EWN® highlights…