People stand in a flooded neighborhood as Texas moved toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on September 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture City planning staff in Norfolk, Va., a coastal city of 243,000,…
An engineering research team that includes Dr. Shankar Chellam will address water scarcity issues by addressing filtration challenges. By Kristina Ballard, Texas A&M University College of Engineering By the year 2025 it is projected that nearly 2 billion people will live in areas of water scarcity. These projections…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center When people think of the oil and gas industry, typically public health is not the first thing that comes to their minds. However, this is an extremely important domain for public health researchers as S. Camille Peres, PhD,…
People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Unlike people and animals, plants can’t evacuate when threatening…
The 2017 issue of the Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series is available to view and download. By Texas A&M University Applied Biodiversity Program The Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series is a student-centered online publication dedicated to communicating conservation research to academic and non-academic audiences. The collection of articles, essays…
Cotton gin trash and other biomass feedstocks have been used as fuel to generate heat energy for power production. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research/Blair Fannin) By Blair Fannin, Texas A&M University AgriLife Finding sustainable markets for gin trash, wood chips and other waste products could be viable in producing more…
By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University AgriLife More than $4.4 million is being funded to discover ways to improve the U.S. melon industry through a grant to scientists with Texas A&M AgriLife Research and in seven other states. The monies, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute…
Chris Ginter wades through deep floodwaters on September 6, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Ginter, a Houston resident, has been taking local residents to their flooded homes in his monster truck which can drive through waters up to 4 feet deep. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) By Keith Randall, Texas…
In the midst of Hurricane Harvey, the GERG crew weathered 25-foot waves. By Leslie Lee, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences On Monday Aug. 21, as the sky dimmed in Texas and the whole country paused to watch a solar eclipse, a crew of buoy technicians from Texas…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Texas is highly susceptible to both natural and technological disasters due to the substantial concentration of industrial facilities and extensive coastlines. The combined threats of natural hazards, climate change and coastal population growth has led Jennifer Horney, PhD, interim…
