The solution to helping Gulf Coast communities prepare for and respond to floods and other climate extremes isn’t going to be found in one discipline alone.
That’s why organizers said the $5.8-million, six-university impact research project led by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is vital. Its goal is to bring together experts from various fields who can bring solutions to communities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
“All of our communities across the Gulf Coast struggle with and need better science, better research, better tools and data on how to handle these emerging and continuously evolving flood risks and hazards,” said Emad Habib, a hydrologists and director of the Louisiana Watershed Flood Center and the Institute for Coastal and Water Research…