Elizabeth Frankenberg (UNC Chapel Hill)

“Elevating Local Knowledge Through Participatory Modeling: Active Community Engagement in Restoration Planning“

Scott Hemmerling (The Water Institute of the Gulf)

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Kathryn Stevenson (NCSU) and KC Busch (NCSU)

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Norbert Wilson (Duke)

“Cultural Value of Seafood in Coastal Communities“

Grant Murray (Duke)

In this last D101 presentation of the Fall 2021 Series, Norbert Wilson first discusses concerns about food and racial disparity in food insecurity at national and regional levels. Grant Murray then zooms into the coast and discusses how coastal communities value seafood and the seafood industry.

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Patrick Barnard (USGS)

“Long-term Resilience and Stochastic Optimization”

Sara Shashaani (NCSU)

In this second D101 of the Fall 2021 Series, Patrick Barnard discusses how coastal vulnerability to sea level rise and flooding — from days to decades — is assessed at the federal level by the USGS. Industrial and Systems Engineer Sara Shashaani then talks about uncertainty analysis in problems related to coastal resilience: how do we account for uncertainty over long time scales when data-driven models are data poor?

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Dana Hunt (Duke)

“Microbial Water Quality and Extreme Flooding”

Angela Harris (NCSU)

In this first D101 of the Fall 2021 Series, Microbial Ecologist Dana Hunt of Duke University discusses microbial responses to pulse disturbances, focusing on hurricane impacts in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound System (NC). Environmental Engineer Angela Harris of North Carolina State University then tell us about microbial contaminants in the coastal zone and water quality concerns during flood events.

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Kathie Dello (State Climatologist, NCSU)

Discussion synthesizing previous D101 content

Brad Murray (Geomorphology, Duke) and Martin Smith (Economics, Duke)

In this last D101 of the Spring Series (and Earth Day!), NC State Climatologist Kathie Dello discusses climate challenges in North Carolina, barriers to resilience, and the need for local solutions for climate adaptation. We end with a discussion amongst all attendees synthesizing the 2020-2021 D101 series.

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Eli Lazarus (Geomorphology, University of Southampton) and Evan Goldstein (Geomorphology, UNC Greensboro)

“Storm Impacts and Development – Part II: Engineering”

Katherine Anarde (Coastal Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill/NCSU)

In Part I, Eli Lazarus and Evan Goldstein discuss questions that geomorphologists may ask surrounding the topic of storm impacts and development. For example, “Where does sand go during island overwash? How can we track the cool patterns it makes?”

Katherine Anarde then covers the same topic, but from the perspective of a coastal engineer. She asks questions such as “How were bridges and roadways damaged? Can we predict their vulnerability to future storm impacts?”

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Rick Luettich (Coastal Engineering, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences)

“Compound Flood Hazards”

Antonia Sebastian (Hydrology, UNC Chapel Hill)

In today’s D101, Rick Luettich and Antonia Sebastian discussed how engineers and scientists hindcast and predict coastal water levels and compound flood events using numerical and statistical models.

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Miyuki Hino (Planning, UNC Chapel Hill)

In this session, Miyuki Hino teaches us the language of Econometrics through a case study on chronic flooding in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Danielle Purifoy (Geography, UNC Chapel Hill)

“Environmental Change and Human Migration: Lessons from Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Somalia”

David Griffith (Anthropology, ECU)

In this session, Danielle discusses how environmental racism is accomplished, and for what purpose, using a case study from Texas. David draws upon examples from Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Somalia to discuss the basic tenants of environmental migration and livelihood constellations.

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