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:
- Researchers focus on actions that increase preparedness, resilience (March 30, 2017)
- CRC Partners: Doug Bellomo, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (March 14, 2017)
- 2017 ADCIRC Week combines training and information exchange on coastal modeling (March 6, 2017)
- Coastal Resilience Center February 2017 newsletter
CRC in the news:
- Tony Pratt to speak on Storm of ’62 on March 17 by Cape Gazette (3.15.17)
- RENCI and CRC honored with 2016 HPCwire Editors’ Choice Award by RENCI (3.14.17)
- URI professor awarded prestigious Sloan Fellowship by URI Today (2.23.17)
Good reading:
- Disappearing Landscapes in Louisiana: When Google Maps Can’t Catch Up by National Geographic (3.20.17)
- Spring break for UNC students includes Matthew Relief by North Carolina Health News (3.16.17)
- Louisiana Sea Grant probably dead if Trump budget approved, director says by The Times-Picayune (3.16.17)
- Norfolk students help to battle sea level rise by partnering with Elizabeth River Project by The Virginian-Pilot (3.16.17)
- How living structures can better protect our coastline by N.C. State University News (3.15.17)
- How to make disasters more costly and harmful: Cut FEMA’s budget by Union of Concerned Scientists (3.15.17)
- Sobering panel on seismic safety issues by Corvallis Gazette-Times (3.14.17)
- Is There too Much Water Behind Oroville Dam? Critics Say Army Corps Standards Unsafe by The Sacramento Bee (3.13.17)
- Trump’s proposed NOAA cuts would disarm our coasts inthe face of rising seas, scientists say by The Washington Post (3.10.17)
- This New Orleans neighborhood is fighting flooding by welcoming it by Fast Company (3.9.17)
- Mayor Landrieu: Congress must take proactive disaster approach by The Times-Picayune (3.9.17)
- Seven Springs, the town Matthew almost wiped off the map by The News & Observer (3.5.17)
- Flood claims cost the US billions, but Congress can fix that by The Hill (3.3.17)
- Flood barrier in Brooklyn: A 7-foot wall, erected in hours by The New York Times (3.2.17)
- Cities, counties take steps to prepare for flood season by Community Impact Newspaper (3.2.17)
- As Natural Disasters Rise, Congress Can Do More to Protect U.S. Infrastructure by The Pew Charitable Trusts (3.1.17)
- Natural Disasters Cost $520 Billion a Year, World Bank Says by Bloomberg News (3.1.17)
- The infrastructure opportunity nobody is talking about – yet by Environmental Defense Fund (3.1.17)
- San Jose, Calif., floods: Damages expected to top $73 million by The Mercury news (2.28.17)
- 85 percent of Louisiana’s population in recovery from natural disasters by The Times-Picayune (2.24.17)
- Engineer says Ascension Parish elevation standards for construction are appropriate for most of the parish, with some exceptions by The Advocate (2.23.17)
- America’s again dams are in need of repair by The New York Times (2.23.17)
- Recovering from disasters: Social networks matter more than bottled water and batteries by The Conversation (2.13.17)
- More floods & higher sea levels: Geological records help forecast escalating coastal hazards by Oceanus Magazine (2.8.17)
- U.S. Communities Clobbered by $53 Billion in Extreme Weather and Climate Disasters in 2016 by The Center for American Progress (1.19.17)
- Gliding through the blue frontier by Esri (1.17.17)
Job, event and funding postings:
- 2017 ADCIRC Week
- Triangle Resilience Student Research Symposium
- N.C. Sea Grant, WRRI Graduate Student Funding
- Maryland Sea Grant Coastal Climate Specialist
- National Consortium for Data Science – Data Fellows
- National Fish and Wildlife Program Resilient Communities Fellowship
- Kravis Post-Doctoral Science Fellow In Landscape Ecology, Environmental Defense Fund
- Assistant Professor (Water Resources Engineering or Coastal and Ocean Engineering), Oregon State University
- 3-year PhD Assistantship in Coastal Planning at University of Rhode Island
- Summer undergraduate Research Fellowship at University of Rhode Island