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Oct 4, 2022 Article Built Environment Emergency Management Infrastructure Public Sector Hurricanes Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian: A Perfect Psychological Storm

Hurricane Ian in southwestern Florida will prove to be yet another unfortunate case study for weather, emergency management, and social science communities to tackle, and they will likely focus on three major factors: COVID migrations, a false sense of risk, and shifting risk.

Oct 3, 2022 Podcast Built Environment Infrastructure

Episode 16 - Weathering the Built Environment

Flooding, storm surge, temperature and wind loads on buildings, air quality along transportation corridors, environmental impacts to communications infrastructure, and so much more have trillions of dollars of impacts every year on the built environment.

Sep 26, 2022 Podcast Water Water Security Water Quality

Episode 15 - Global Water Security

Mike Gremillion and Dr. Kate Brauman are leading the Univ. of Alabama's Global Water Security Center to make water data, both domestically and internationally, more available and especially more accessible for governments, industry, and communities to make more informed water management decisions.

Sep 19, 2022 Podcast Agriculture Food Security Climate Change

Episode 14 - Weather and Climate in Agriculture

Human population has exploded since the shift to agrarian societies 12,000 years ago with agriculture improving food availability. Short- and long-range weather predictions aid the agriculture industry, and climate change may cause us to rethink how and where we get and grow our food in the future.

Sep 8, 2022 Podcast Mining Supply Chain

Episode 13 - Mining the Weather Gap

The mining and supply chain industries are growing as demand for renewables heats up and with companies exploring their supply chain weaknesses after COVID. More work is needed to provide end-to-end supply chain environmental analysis to map weather risks along each link of the supply chain.