The Links is a monthly roundup of good reading, (still relevant) job and event links that have been posted on our website and social media in the last month.
Website news:
CRC in the news:
- The Strange Reason People Trust Waffle House More Than Officials During Extreme Weather by Danielle DeCourcey // ATTN: (12.16.16)
- New sea-level rise projection raises threat to world’s coasts by Kacey Deamer // LiveScience (12.15.16)
- Past hurricanes have led to tighter rules by Trista Talton // Coastal Review Online (12.9.16)
- RENCI and Coastal Resilience Center receive 2016 HPCwire Editors’ Choice Award / Coastal Resilience Center starts blog by UNC Research (12.8.16)
- Hazard Mitigation (radio interview) by The Measure of Everyday Life (12.7.16)
- Study: N.C. officials more likely to implement environment policy if community threatened directly by Vincent Verbeek // The Daily Tar Heel (12.2.16)
- Coastal Resilience Center to conduct White House study on resilient design by UNC College of Arts & Sciences (12.1.16)
Good reading:
- McCrory signs $200m disaster recovery bill by WRAL (12.15.16)
- Congress approves $300M in assistance for North Carolina Matthew recovery by Insurance Journal (12.13.16)
- Why Trump needs to appoint a pro to head FEMA by CNN (12.10.16)
- Extreme downpours could increase 400 percent across parts of U.S. by National Science Foundation (12.5.16)
- City of Newport launches a flood protection website by What’s Up Newp (12.1.16)
- Mayor: Buyouts will have ‘devastating effect on Princeville by WRAL (12.1.16)
- Perils of climate change could swamp coastal real estate by The New York Times (11.24.16)
- National Park Service releases Coastal Adaptation Strategies Handbook by Prevention Web (10.31.16)
Job and event postings:
- National fellowships at Sea Grant
- National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Early-Career Research Fellowships & Science Policy Fellowships
Blog posts: