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New collaboration aims to help states prepare for, adapt to natural disasters
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
With each passing year, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and other disasters are becoming more intense and more frequent, requiring state and local leaders to respond with greater urgency.
SE Iowa Watershed Partnership receives $6.4 million for projects
Friday, May 7, 2021
The SE Iowa Watershed Partnership is proud to announce the opportunity to be leveraging $6.4 million in southeast Iowa to focus on water and soil quality and soil health improvements through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) award.
River town prepares for the future
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Is a flood wall the answer to a city council wanting to keep its city safe?
Sensors provide Iowa flood warnings
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
To create the world’s most sophisticated flood monitoring and forecasting system, the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) uses more than 200 Senix ToughSonic 30 and ToughSonic 50 ultrasonic sensors to measure water levels in streams across the state.
A needed ‘backyard’ enhancement
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Twenty-eight flood-reduction projects costing almost $2 million are either underway or completed in my backyard on the Wapsipinicon River and three of its tributaries.
With gradual snow melt, Iowa’s spring flood risk remains ‘normal’
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Iowa was inundated by record or near-record flooding in 2019, followed by severe-to-extreme drought in 2020, drought that’s endured into 2021. What will this spring hold, as planting season is mere weeks away?
With gradual snow melt, Iowa’s spring flood risk remains normal
Friday, March 5, 2021
Iowa was inundated by record or near-record flooding in 2019, followed by severe-to-extreme drought in 2020, drought that’s endured into 2021.
Experts track flood possibilities in Iowa as snow melts
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
As the snow from winter melts, experts are looking at what could happen with flooding this spring.
Climate change-driven ‘Midwest water hose’ caused massive 2019 flooding in Iowa, elsewhere, UI researchers find
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Flooding that burst through levees, swamped farms and inundated homes and businesses in cities and towns across Iowa, Nebraska and other Midwestern states two years ago is part of a climate change-driven weather phenomenon that scientist say is happening more frequently.
AI @ IA: Five ways artificial intelligence powers discovery at Iowa
Sunday, February 28, 2021
From forecasting floods to fighting cancer, Iowa researchers are deploying AI to tackle some of society's biggest issues.
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