ODU Researchers Engage Community About Flood Adaptation Flooding and sea level rise (SLR) pose a problem to nearly every part of the Hampton Roads area. A research team from Old Dominion University (ODU) Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience designed the Action-Oriented Stakeholder Engagement for a Resilient Tomorrow (ASERT) framework to engage stakeholders in adaptation [...]
Understanding the Factors that Impact Climate Risk Management Strategies Planners use all kinds of projections to understand how climate change will affect infrastructure, but all projections are based on assumptions that change their outcomes. Decision makers are tasked with weighing different projections to design cost effective risk management strategies to protect populations from rising seas. [...]
Shorter marsh grasses and adapting to sea level rise One of the experimental changes on the marsh. Credit: Tom Mozdzer. As carbon dioxide increases, most plants respond by getting bigger. CO2 acts like fuel for most plants, allowing them to grow higher and thicker, increasing their biomass. But what happens when you look [...]
