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In the Media Spotlight
With Storms Threatening to Intensify, Should Floridians Stay or Should They Go?
With growing evidence climate change is causing hurricanes to stall once they hit land, flooding is no surprise. In this piece, resilience experts Dr. Stephen Flynn and Dr. Auroop Ganguly provide feedback to climate adaptation measures that could be taken, including the concept of “strategic retreat”.
Faculty Affiliate Spotlight
Professor Develops ‘Emerald Tutu’ Of Floating Wetlands to Protect Boston from Floods
Dr. Julia Hopkins along with other collaborators from The Emerald Tutu project, have created a system of interconnected circular mats of floating vegetation that can be arranged in rings and semicircles to protect urban coasts from sea level rise and intensified storms.
In The Media
Stephen Flynn features in The Economist Impact article: Resilience in name or nature?
Dr. Flynn was invited to share his thoughts as to how the world becoming increasingly unpredictable these past couple of years, is causing leaders to be more accountable for their actions to ensure their organization is ready to face the future.
Faculty Affiliate Spotlight
Faculty Affiliate Taskin Padir on News@Northeastern:
Taskin Padir, Associate Professor in Computer and Electrical engineering, is Northeastern University’s first Amazon Scholar, and he is bringing his human-centered approach to robotics to the company’s fleet of drivers.
