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In a fire-prone world, which trees hold the most carbon matters, researchers say
Northern Arizona University
Forest management must account for the elevated risk large, hot fires pose to older trees that store more carbon, researchers from NAU, UNM, the U.S. Forest Service and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (Ecoss) at Northern Arizona University say in a new opinion piece in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Hot Spots in Rivers That Nurture Young Salmon 'Flicker on and Off' in Alaska's Bristol Bay Region
University of Washington
Chemical signatures imprinted on tiny stones that form inside the ears of fish show that two of Alaska's most productive salmon populations, and the fisheries they support, depend on the entire watershed.
Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage
Cornell University
One of the big issues with sustainable energy systems is how to store electricity that's generated from wind, solar and waves. At present, no existing technology provides large-scale storage and energy retrieval for sustainable energy at a low financial and environmental cost. Engineered electroactive microbes could be part of the solution.
Science Snapshots: Lithium Under Pressure, A 'Silver Bullet' for the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide, Understanding Microbiomes for Wastewater Treatment
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Researchers at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry have predicted fascinating new properties of lithium; a powerful combination of experiment and theory has revealed atomic-level details about how silver helps transform carbon dioxide gas into a reusable form; new study reports the first comprehensive
Scientific Evidence Boosts Action for Activists, Decreases Action for Scientists
Penn State Institute for CyberScience
When a proposed policy has the backing of scientific evidence, it may boost the likelihood that activists will get involved with the issue. However, references to scientific evidence seem to dampen the activism of scientific experts, according to researchers.
Counter-intuitive climate change solution
Stanford University
A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also turning a healthy profit. That's one of the hopeful visions outlined in a new Stanford-led paper that highlights a seemingly counterintuitive solution: converting one greenhouse gas into another.
Why one UB scientist is studying dust
University at Buffalo
"The level of dust in the air can have far-reaching effects on climate, but there are still a lot of unknowns in the field," says Evans, PhD, an atmospheric scientist."
High-quality jadeite tool discovered in underwater ancient salt works in Belize
Louisiana State University
Anthropologists discovered a tool made out of high-quality translucent jadeite with an intact rosewood handle at a site where the ancient Maya processed salt in Belize.
'Ocean Outbreak' tells tales of a rising tide in trouble
Cornell University
After the United Nations' ominous warning on May 6 that a million of Earth's species are threatened with extinction, Drew Harvell's new book, "Ocean Outbreak," offers insight into the dynamics of infectious disasters by examining four sentinel animals that live under the sea.
Rutgers Expert Can Discuss Sea-Level Rise Study in PNAS
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Net carbon-negative electricity source may offer economical alternative
Penn State College of Engineering
Researchers say burning a mixture of coal and crop residue biomass might provide a cost-effective, net carbon-negative electricity source that can be scaled to commercial levels in China in order to meet global temperature objectives by mid-century.
Preparing Low-Income Communities for Hurricane Begins with Outreach, Rutgers Study Finds
Governments seeking to help their most vulnerable residents prepare for hurricanes and other disasters should create community-based information campaigns ahead of time, according to a Rutgers study of economically disadvantaged New Jerseyans in the areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy.
IPBES Global Summary Assessment confirms the bleak picture of human impacts on biodiversity, says U of R professor
University of Redlands
Study Could Improve Understanding of how Rare Species Benefit Human Beings
Florida State University
A recent report from the UN suggests we're in the middle of an acute global biodiversity crisis. A new study on rare species' benefits to human beings could help inform policy initiatives seeking to respond to that crisis.
Ocean Skeletons Reveal Historical Climate Impacts
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: A limiting factor in projecting where coral reefs will survive under 21st century climate change is a lack of quantitative data on the thermal thresholds of different reef communities.
Using "Systems Thinking" for Conservation Change
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: "Systems thinking," which considers the elements, interconnections, and function or goal of things, offers approaches that could help conservation be more adaptive, transparent, and evidence-based.
Mapping Human Dependence on Marine Ecosystems
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: Researchers created a new conceptual model to map the degree of human dependence on marine ecosystems based on the magnitude of the benefit, susceptibility of people to a loss of that benefit, and the availability of alternatives.
Thinking Locally
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: Policies and interventions designed based on indicators of human well-being can potentially do unintentional harm if there is a mismatch between local and global worldviews.
Extreme Heat - and Maybe a Virus - Wiped Out Cambodian Bats
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: A mass mortality event involving two bat species, the wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus) and Theobold's bat (Taphozous theobaldi) occurred during a heat wave in April 2016 in Cambodia.
Study aims to improve capturing wind power for energy production
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame scientists have released the first of several reports outlining major results that could help wind industry officials manage wind power facilities more efficiently and increase renewable energy production.
New research finds unprecedented weakening of Asian summer monsoon
Rainfall from the Asian summer monsoon has been decreasing over the past 80 years, a decline unprecedented in the last 448 years, according to a new study.
Iceland Volcano Eruption in 1783-84 Did Not Spawn Extreme Heat Wave
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
An enormous volcanic eruption on Iceland in 1783-84 did not cause an extreme summer heat wave in Europe. But, as Benjamin Franklin speculated, the eruption triggered an unusually cold winter, according to a Rutgers-led study. The study, in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, will help improve predictions of how the climate will respond to future high-latitude volcanic eruptions.
Species facing climate change could find help in odd place: urban environments
Tufts University
Research shows animals move faster through 'low quality' habitats (fulfilling a minimum of resources for survival) - evidence that could change the way conservationists think about managing urban landscapes to help species move in response to climate change. The study provides a framework for definitive action to help preserve many species at risk
With uncanny accuracy, computer model predicts how certain policies impact air pollution
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation
To better understand the environmental impact of the American shipping industry, a new computer model connects everything from the chemical intricacies of diesel exhaust to the geography and economics of our truck-dependent shipping infrastructure.
Catch a Virus by Its Tail
Harvard Medical School
Research uncovers key mechanism that allows some of the deadliest human RNA viruses to orchestrate the precise copying of the individual pieces of their viral genome and replicate. Research reveals that the tail end of a virus's RNA plays a key role in ensuring each segment of the viral genome is copied in the correct amount. Experiments show the viral replication machinery latches onto the 5' end of the virus's RNA strand, a move that activates the enzyme to start copying at the opposite end of a specific segment. The findings identify new targets to inhibit viral replication and may inform the development of a novel class of antiviral drugs.
GRACE Mission Data Contributes to Our Understanding of Climate Change
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
The University of Texas at Austin team that led a twin satellite system launched in 2002 to take detailed measurements of the Earth, called the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
When People Get Along, Fish Thrive
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: Complex social-ecological interactions underpin many environmental problems.
Predicting Disease Transmission from Bushmeat
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: Trade of bushmeat and other wildlife for human consumption presents a unique set of challenges to policymakers who are confronted with multiple trade-offs between conservation, food security, food safety, culture, and tradition.
Biodiversity and Carbon: Perfect Together
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: Biodiversity conservation is often considered to be a co-benefit of protecting carbon sinks such as intact forests to help mitigate climate change.
How Sea Level Rise Affects Birds in Coastal Forests
North Carolina State University
Saltwater intrusion changes coastal vegetation that provides bird habitat. Researchers found that the transition from forests to marshes along the North Carolina coast due to climate change could benefit some bird species of concern for conservation.
Fragmented Turtles
Wildlife Conservation Society
WCS 3-Sentence Science: Scientists looked at how fragmentation is affecting critically endangered Dahl's toad headed turtle (Mesoclemmys dahli) a forest-stream specialist found only in Colombia.
VORTEX-SE delivers tornado formation research
University of Alabama Huntsville
Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are publishing research about tornado formation resulting from the multiyear Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) program.
U of R Scientist Says Warnings of Extinction, Endangerment in IPBES Global Assessment Summary Are Real and Alarming
University of Redlands
Urban trees "live fast, die young" compared to those in rural forests
PLOS
Urban trees grow more quickly but die faster than rural trees, resulting in a net loss of street-tree carbon storage over time, according to a study published May 8 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ian Smith
Occurrence of back-to-back heat waves likely to accelerate with climate change
Princeton University
As the planet continues to warm, multi-day heat waves are projected to increase in frequency, length and intensity.
Texas Tech Researchers Collaborating to Study Tornadoes, Improve Forecasts
Texas Tech University
Christopher Weiss, a professor of atmospheric science in the Department of Geosciences through the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas Tech University and an affiliate of the university's National Wind Institute (NWI), is leading a group from Texas Tech to collaborate with other scientists and engineers around the country using drones and radars to learn more about supercell thunderstorms that produce tornadoes.
Hurricane Experts Available to Provide Analysis Throughout the Season
Florida State University
As Climate Changes, Small Increases in Rainfall May Cause Widespread Road Outages
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
As more rain falls on a warming planet, a new computer model shows that it may not take a downpour to cause widespread disruption of road networks. The model combined data on road networks with the hills and valleys of topography to reveal "tipping points" at which even small localized increases in rain cause widespread road outages.
Endangered Species Scholar on New Report that Calls Nature's Decline "Unprecedented" & Species Extinction Rates "Accelerating"
Academy Communications
Returning to the Earth: Eco Death Activists and the "Green Burials" Movement
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
UNLV sociology doctoral student Nick Mac Murray studies activists working to change how America views and approaches the burials of their dearly departed.
Fire Ecologist and Entomology Expert Shares Experiences and Research Related to Biodiversity Loss
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Global Health Benefits of Climate Action Offset Costs
University of Vermont
New research in Nature Communications reports that immediate, dramatic cuts in carbon emissions - aggressive enough to meet the Paris Climate Agreement - are economically sound if human health benefits are factored in.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: April 2019
Chemist, reviewer of UN GEO-6 report available to comment on IPBES report
Michigan Technological University
American University Expert Available to Comment on UN Climate Report About Humans Accelerating Extinction
American University
IPBES: Nature's dangerous decline 'unprecedented,' species extinction rates 'accelerating'
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history -- and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating
Expert available to comment on the UN Biodiversity report
Wildlife Conservation Society
'Windshield effect' taken to new extremes in U.N. biodiversity report
Cornell University
Experts available to comment on landmark report on climate change, risk of extinction
Indiana University experts are available to comment on the 40-page summary of the Services's Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released today by the Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem.
Forest fires accelerating snowmelt across western US, study finds
Portland State University
Forest fires are causing snow to melt earlier in the season, a trend occurring across the western U.S. that may affect water supplies and trigger even more fires, according to a new study by a team of researchers at Portland State University (PSU)
Study to Help Heat-Stressed Dairy Cows Weather Increasing Temperatures
Cornell University
A warming world represents a growing threat to the dairy industry. With climate change pushing global temperatures higher, finding scientific solutions that protect the well-being and productivity of dairy cows is critical. A Cornell researcher has won a grant to do just that.
Proactive communication key during Cyclone Fani, MSU expert says
Michigan State University
Students studying climate change in nature through national research program
West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Three West Virginia University graduate students spent the 2018-2019 academic year as Graduate Student Climate Adaptation Partners scholars. They developed a digital library and webinar series based on their climate change research.
Large Minnows Are Able to Survive in Heavily Polluted Houston Ship Channel Through Hybridization
Baylor University
Recent hybridization of the Gulf killifish -- a large minnow common in the heavily polluted Houston Ship Channel -- has enabled the species to adapt rapidly to extreme pollution, a Baylor University study has found.
FSU Experts Available to Discuss Elevated Risk of Florida Wildfire After Hurricane Michael
Florida State University
Human Influence on Global Droughts Dates Back 100 Years
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Observations and climate reconstructions using data from tree rings confirm that human activity was affecting the worldwide drought risk as far back as the early 20th century.
N.C. Study: Warmer Water Linked to Higher Proportion of Male Flounder
North Carolina State University
In the wild and in the lab, researchers find a relationship between higher water temperatures and a lower percentage of female flounder, a cause for concern.
URI biologist, colleagues warn of peril from biological invasions as White House proposes to halve funding
University of Rhode Island
KINGSTON, R.I. - April 30, 2019 - As the Trump Administration prepares to cut in half the budget for the National Invasive Species Council, a group of invasive species experts led by a University of Rhode Island professor has issued a warning about the growing peril of biological invasions and the increasing threat they pose to the economy, environment, public health and national security.
Carbon capture technology moves to commercialization
Powerful Mechanical Trees Can Remove CO2 From the Air to Combat Global Warming at Scale
Berkeley Lab Science Snapshot April 2019
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Three science briefs from Berkeley Lab
UF/IFAS Agricultural Engineering Professor Named Director of Florida Climate Institute
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
A University of Florida agricultural engineer who uses crop models to help farmers adapt to warmer, more erratic weather, will unite scientists to better deal with the impacts of an increasingly changing climate.
This Tree Has a Tale to Tell
University of Redlands
On April 24, a group of students, faculty, and staff gathered on the ground floor of the Hunsaker Library for a ceremony to dedicate a new display. The exhibit showcases a large cross-section of an oak tree that stood watch over the University of Redlands Quad from 1925 to 2014. Professor Hillary Jenkins, who spearheaded the nearly four-year effort to preserve and date the slab, spoke at the event.
Study: Deep-ocean creatures living a 'feast-or-famine' existence because of energy fluxes
Oregon State University
Scientists for the first time have tracked how much energy from plants and animals at the surface of the open ocean survives as particles drop to the seafloor
Study: Microbes could influence Earth's geological processes as much as volcanoes
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
By acting as gatekeepers, microbes can affect geological processes that move carbon from the earth's surface into its deep interior
Major Deep Carbon Sink Linked to Microbes Found Near Volcano Chains
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Up to about 19 percent more carbon dioxide than previously believed is removed naturally and stored underground between coastal trenches and inland chains of volcanoes, keeping the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere, according to a study in the journal Nature. Surprisingly, subsurface microbes play a role in storing vast amounts of carbon by incorporating it in their biomass and possibly by helping to form calcite, a mineral made of calcium carbonate, Rutgers and other scientists found.
Global Warming Hits Sea Creatures Hardest
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Global warming has caused twice as many ocean-dwelling species as land-dwelling species to disappear from their habitats, a unique Rutgers-led study found. The greater vulnerability of sea creatures may significantly impact human communities that rely on fish and shellfish for food and economic activity, according to the study published in the journal Nature.
USAID awards an additional $2.14 million to WFU rainforest research center
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University's Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) has received $2.14 million in additional funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supporting the expansion of the research center's study of mercury pollution and reforestation in the Peruvian Amazon.
Climate change has worsened global economic inequality
Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
A new Stanford University study shows global warming has increased economic inequality since the 1960s.
Innovation: Key to Any Green Policy
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
The recent introduction of the Green New Deal by Democratic U.S. congressional leaders on the left has renewed hope among some that Congress might get us back on track. The reality is that the climate change clock is still ticking, and it's more likely that private industry will move faster than legislators to make meaningful progress toward climate goals.
As we celebrate our living planet on Earth Day, the research of Rensselaer scientist Richard Gross offers hope for a more sustainable future.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Those Home-Delivered Meal Kits Are Greener Than You Thought, New Study Concludes
University of Michigan
Meal kit services, which deliver a box of pre-portioned ingredients and a chef-selected recipe to your door, are hugely popular but get a bad environmental rap due to perceived packaging waste.
Climate Change is a Major Concern for Rutgers Senior
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Rutgers senior Lauren Rodgers once dreamed of becoming a fiction writer. But then she enrolled in a high school science and math program in her native Columbia, South Carolina, where she read an article that discussed the ocean's critical role in absorbing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas linked to global warming.
Building emission caps to radically change NYC energy footprint
Cornell University
Snapshot: S&T-funded Innovation Enables Emergency Managers to Excel During 2018 Hurricane Season
DHS S&T's Web-based HURREVAC platform integrates forecast and planning data to provide emergency managers with decision support tools for use in advance of and during tropical weather.
Air Pollution Scientist Available to Discuss EPA Regulations
University at Albany, State University of New York
Media Advisory: URI students depart April 18 for six-day oceanographic research expedition
University of Rhode Island
Student research trip aboard R/V Endeavor, notice of media availability and remote interview capabilities
DePaul University ecologist receives NSF CAREER grant to study dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi
DePaul University
Bala Chaudhary, an assistant professor of environmental science at DePaul University in Chicago, is embarking on a deep dive into mycorrhizal dispersal mechanisms with support from a NSF CAREER grant.
Climate change to blame for Hurricane Maria's extreme rainfall
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Hurricane Maria dropped more rain on Puerto Rico than any storm to hit the island since 1956, a feat due mostly to the effects of human-caused climate warming
Excavating a climate report from the past: Geology team joins multidisciplinary study to investigate ancient warming event
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University geology professor Michael Smith will map the layers of rock in the Green River Formation in Wyoming to learn about the climate and flooding events during a period 50 to 53 million years ago when the climate was much hotter and carbon dioxide levels spiked.
Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland
Michigan State University
Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from Michigan State University, they can now pinpoint specific parts of their fields that consistently produce either good or bad yields. Not only will this save them time and money; it will solve one of the most widespread environmental problems facing crop-producing regions - nitrogen loss.
Scientists Use eBird Data to Propose Optimal Bird Conservation Plan
A new paper published today in the journal Nature Communications shows a blueprint for conserving enough habitat to protect the populations of almost one-third of the warblers, orioles, tanagers, and other birds that migrate among the Americas throughout the year. For the research, an international team of scientists used the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's global citizen science database, eBird, to calculate how to sufficiently conserve habitat across the Western Hemisphere for all the habitats these birds use throughout their annual cycle of breeding, migration, and overwintering. The study provides planners with guidance on the locations and amounts of land that must be conserved for 30 percent of the global populations for each of 117 Neotropical migratory bird species.
Earliest life may have arisen in ponds, not oceans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Primitive ponds may have provided a suitable environment for brewing up Earth's first life forms, more so than oceans, a new MIT study finds.
We now know how insects and bacteria control ice
University of Utah
Nature has come up with ways to control the formation of ice, though, and in a paper published today in the Journal of the American Chemical Society University of Utah professor Valeria Molinero and her colleagues show how key proteins produced in bacteria and insects can either promote or inhibit the formation of ice, based on their length and their ability to team up to form large ice-binding surfaces. The results have wide application, particularly in understanding precipitation in clouds.
Study: How will tropical mammals react to rising temperatures?
Rice University
How wildlife will react to climate change is an open question, but one of the first studies to compare the responses of tropical mammals to warmer habitats suggests the answer won't be as simple as "move to a cooler place."
Clarkson University, ESF to Partner in New Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Clarkson University and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) have been recently designated to launch New York state's new Center of Excellence (CoE) in Healthy Water Solutions.
Got Bird Nests? Report to NestWatch!
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY--Around the world, birds are building nests and raising families--even near homes, offices, or in local parks. Anyone who finds a bird's nest can help scientists by reporting to the free NestWatch project at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. NestWatch collects, analyzes, and distributes data, serving as a warehouse of nesting bird information. NestWatchers, in turn, get to witness the start of new life and help to preserve it with their valuable information.
Tulane anthropologist awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to study Amazon rainforests
Tulane University
Tulane University anthropology professor William Balee has been named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to document the historical ecology of the lower Amazon basin.
Tulane researcher available to comment on Antarctica's link to past climate history
Tulane University
UNH Researchers Find Unusual Phenomenon in Clouds Triggers Lightning Flash
University of New Hampshire
In a first-of-its-kind observation, researchers from the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center have documented a unique event that occurs in clouds before a lightning flash happens. Their observation, called "fast negative breakdown," documents a new possible way for lightning to form and is the opposite of the current scientific view of how air carries electricity in thunderstorms.
Climate Scientists Partner with San Francisco to be Ready for Future Storms
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) is partnering with experts from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Silvestrum Climate Associates to assess how climate change may influence the intensity of atmospheric rivers and associated precipitation, and how those changes may impact San Francisco and its infrastructure.
CU Boulder's Stable Isotope Laboratory (SIL) studies oxygen and hydrogen from the world's ice cores, a rich paleoclimate archive.
U-M Researchers Use Genomic Data to Map 'Refugia' Where North American Trees Survived the Last Ice Age
University of Michigan
During the last ice age, which peaked around 21,500 years ago, glaciers covered large portions of North America, including the entire Great Lakes region. Once the ice retreated, the land was gradually repopulated by trees that eventually formed dense forests.
Many coastal homes are unprotected from hurricanes and homeowners have no intention of retrofitting, study finds
University of Notre Dame
According to the Notre Dame study, 62 percent of coastal homeowners are not considering taking any action to reduce the vulnerabilities of their homes or enhance protections against future hurricanes.
Protect the land and jobs will grow, new study finds
Amherst College
In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Amherst College economics professor Katharine Sims and colleagues found that when land protection in New England increased, employment rates also rose modestly over the next five-year period even when controlling for other associated factors.
Sea turtles struggle years after unexplained die-off
Ohio State University
New research is detailing how environmental stressors, including heavy metals, brought on by human activity are harming coastal green sea turtle populations - work that researchers hope will inform conservation efforts going forward.
Global climate trend since Dec. 1 1978: +0.13 C per decade
University of Alabama Huntsville
Global Temperature Report: March 2019
Food for thought: Why did we ever start farming?
University of Connecticut
The reason that humans shifted away from hunting and gathering, and to agriculture -- a much more labor-intensive process -- has always been a riddle. It is only more confusing because the shift happened independently in about a dozen areas across the globe.
Coral study traces excess nitrogen to Maui wastewater treatment facility
University of California, Santa Cruz
A new method for reconstructing changes in nitrogen sources over time has enabled scientists to connect excess nutrients in the coastal waters of West Maui, Hawaii, to a sewage treatment facility that injects treated wastewater into the ground.
Rutgers Experts Can Discuss N.J. Pinelands Ecology and Wildfire Risks
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Researchers use artificial intelligence to design flood evacuation plans
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Artificial intelligence may soon help transportation agencies and first responders determine the best evacuation routes during floods such as those affecting portions of Missouri and the Midwest, thanks to the work of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Drs. Suzanna Long and Steve Corns of Missouri S&T's engineering management and systems engineering department are using a form of AI known as deep learning to develop forecasting tools to integrate water level rate of change as part of evacuation routing planning in flood-prone areas.