Tag: Research_Highlight_Climate3

EPH seed grant research: climate-induced air quality deterioration and its health risks in the southeastern US

As summers get increasingly hotter, expect more adverse effects on health. EPICenter grant recipient Pengfei Liu is exploring the connection between the two as a necessary step in climate adaptation.  The trendlines point in one direction: The ten hottest years on record were all just in this nascent century.   Summers, especially, are getting hotter. And […]

Gamification of power grid resilience supports research and education

Smoke cloud rising from a brush wildfire burning in San Francisco, California (Source: Adobe Stock) You’re managing the Texas Panhandle’s power grid. Heavy winds are blowing, and a worn-out utility pole ignites a fire by crashing onto a transmission line. Luckily, the fire department arrives quickly, putting out the fire before it spreads to nearby […]