The Links is a monthly roundup of articles from the Center, good reading and job links that have been posted on our website and social media in the last month.
Website news/blog posts:
- Former CRC education program student selected for prestigious Knauss fellowship (July 20, 2017)
- Rhode Island researchers partner with emergency managers for statewide preparedness exercise (July 14, 2017)
- Louisiana State project formalizes teaching of disaster management (July 7, 2017)
CRC in the news:
- Princeville steps up recovery efforts after Hurricane Matthew by Rebecca Martinez //WUNC (7.20.17)
- Princeville to host events focused on recovery efforts by Corey Davis // Rocky Mount Telegram (7.20.17)
- NC graduate students are national Knauss Marine Policy Fellow finalists by North Carolina Sea Grant (7.12.17)
- First in Future: NCSU Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Co-Director for Coastal Dynamics Design Lab Andy Fox by Institute for Emerging Issues (7.11.2017)
Good reading:
- A new hurricane season is here. Why NC is still waiting for money to clean up from the last one. by McClatchy DC (7.19.2017)
- Insurer: U.S. storms costliest natural disasters this year by ABC News (7.18.2017)
- The country’s flood insurance program in sinking. Rescuing it won’t be easy. by The Washington Post (7.16.2017)
- Will Beaufort County’s messy hurricane re-entry keep people from evacuating ‘next time?’ by The Island Packet (7.14.2017)
- How should law enforcement and other officials prepare for a hurricane? Experts weigh in by The Island Packet (7.14.2017)
- Flood insurance rates could rise for hundreds of thousands of homeowners under proposal by The News and Observer (7.14.2017)
- Mississippi mud may hold hope for Louisiana coast by The PhysOrg (7.14.2017)
- Higher seas to flood dozens of U.S. cities, study says; is yours one of them? by CNN (7.12.2017)
- Study: No major hurricanes, Louisiana wetlands loss slowed by The Associated Press (7.12.2017)
- New study pinpoints sea rise hot spots, with Edisto and Kiawah islands caught in the crosshairs by The Post and Courier (7.12.2017)
- Dr. Justin Ridge, UNC IMS by Coastal Daybreak (7.10.2017)
- Nearly 200,000 homes in NC are at risk from tropical winds. Is yours one of them? by The News and Observer (7.7.2017)
- As sea levels rise, NOAA scientists work toward seasonal tidal flooding forecasts by The Virginian-Pilot (7.5.2017)
- Why modern mortar crumbles, but Roman concrete lasts millennia by Science (7.3.2017)
- New warnings on sea rise by The Post and Courier (7.2.2017)
- As the rich move away from disaster zones, the poor are left behind by Grist (7.1.2017)
- Lori Peek of the Natural Hazards Center Discusses Effects of Disasters on People by Emergency Management (6.30.2017)
- Researchers discuss coastal resilience strategies for sea level rise, recurring flooding by WVEC (6.27.2017)
- Climate change causes sea level rise to accelerate 50 percent in past 20 years by NewsWeek (6.27.2017)
- Building codes pay for themselves in disaster-prone regions by Journalist’s Resource (6.26.2017)
- Louisiana scientists, students to share $2.5 million in BP spill fine money by The New Orleans Times-Picayune (6.25.2017)
- Quantifying the success of buyout programs: A Staten Island case study by Climate Action Knowledge Network (6.23.2017)
- Letter to White House: Support the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard by R Street (6.19.2017)
- Not your mother’s Jersey Shore by The New York Times (6.16.2017)
- Rising seas spurred record number of ‘high-tide’ floods in U.S. last year by USA Today (6.16.2017)
- High-tech flood study calls for buyouts of North Houston apartments by The Houston Chronicle (6.5.2017)
- Why do we name tropical storms and hurricanes? by NOAA National Ocean Service
Job, event and funding postings:
- Comments Needed for Draft Policy on Floodplain Development (Due Aug. 23, 2017)
- Coastal Engineering Specialist, Stantec
- Director, Sea Level Solutions Center, Florida International University (Deadline: Aug. 1, 2017, or until filled)
- N.C. Rural Center Small Business Recovery Fund