Researchers receive $1 million grant to ensure resilience of critical infrastructure
An interdisciplinary team of FIU researchers will use machine learning, AI to develop novel solutions for infrastructure resilience.
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Restoring the Everglades to ensure South Florida’s freshwater supply
FIU’s decades-long scientific leadership in Everglades restoration is a model for the restoration of imperiled ecosystems worldwide.
FIU receives $5 million grant to lay the groundwork for ‘modular nuclear reactors’
FIU is developing a system and components that make possible construction of smaller, less costly nuclear reactors.
Climate change emerges as major driver of amphibian declines, new research finds
The findings, published this week in Nature, indicate nearly 41% of amphibian species are threatened with extinction.
Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here’s why it could set a powerful precedent
The ruling in Held v. State of Montana sets a precedent for the role of “green amendments” in climate litigation.
Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate
Climate change is causing a shift in weather patterns, some of which can worsen malaria conditions.
Reef sharks are at much higher risk of extinction than previously thought
Protected areas and fisheries management key to survival
Are Florida manatees eating the equivalent of ‘junk food’?
FIU researchers found evidence that Indian River Lagoon manatees dramatically changed their diet after a 2011 algal bloom.
What the recent Supreme Court ruling could mean for US wetlands
The Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruling reinterprets the Clean Water Act, narrowing some of its protections.
Officially reported temperatures underestimate Miami’s heat burden, new study finds
Researchers deployed sensors in Miami’s neighborhoods to provide new assessment of dangerous heat conditions.
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