Pandemic took a toll on Iowa towns in different ways

The COVID-19 pandemic took a steep toll on Iowans living in both rural communities and larger towns, but in different ways.

Fred Love-Iowa State • futurity
Oct. 13, 2021 ~7 min

Rural Alaska has a bridge problem as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier with climate change

Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state, and that’s causing problems, a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains. The infrastructure bill in Congress would offer some help.

Rebecca Napolitano, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~8 min


Rural Alaska needs new bridges as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier – the infrastructure bill is only a start

Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state. That’s causing problems for river crossings, as a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains.

Rebecca Napolitano, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~8 min

Telehealth can help smokers in rural prisons quit

Telehealth visits with tobacco treatment specialists may help smokers in rural prisons quit tobacco smoking.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Sept. 22, 2021 ~4 min

Fall means more deer on the road: 4 ways time of day, month and year raise your risk of crashes

Avoiding hitting deer on the road is as much about when you drive as where. An animal behavior expert explains why.

Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University • conversation
Sept. 21, 2021 ~6 min

Louisiana's coastal cultures are threatened by the very plans meant to save their wetlands and barrier islands

As the state copes with hurricanes and climate disasters, it is figuring out how to manage the slow-motion loss of its coastal land. But its plans could endanger the cultures that define the region.

Craig E. Colten, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University • conversation
Sept. 20, 2021 ~10 min

Louisianans' way of life on the coast is threatened by the very plans meant to save their wetlands and barrier islands from rising seas

As the state copes with hurricanes and climate disasters, it is figuring out how to manage the slow-motion loss of its coastal land. But its plans could endanger the cultures that define the region.

Craig E. Colten, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University • conversation
Sept. 20, 2021 ~10 min

Race and residence may boost diabetes-related amputation risk

The chance of having a diabetes-related foot and/or toe amputation may depend on your race and where you live, a new study shows.

Rae Lynn Mitchell-Texas A&M • futurity
Aug. 13, 2021 ~5 min


3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic Greenville, California

Hundreds of computer simulations point to a few best strategies for keeping homes safe from fire in a warming climate.

David Hulse, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida • conversation
Aug. 6, 2021 ~10 min

3 lessons for forest towns as wildfire destroys historic Greenville, California

Hundreds of computer simulations point to a few best strategies for keeping homes safe from fire in a warming climate.

David Hulse, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida • conversation
Aug. 6, 2021 ~10 min

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