{"id":11,"date":"2013-12-02T14:07:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T19:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/abecker\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:44:33","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/macrl\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>State &amp; National Media<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quoted in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/language\/climate-federal-research-grants-national-science-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grist<\/a>, &#8220;To Keep Climate Science Alive, Researchers Are Speaking in Code.&#8221; March 27, 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Featured interview with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BFkd-mJOeaQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global &amp; National Security Institute<\/a>, &#8220;Port Resilience Crisis: Can Ports Keep Up with Extreme Weather?&#8221; January 13, 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviewed on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanstatemedia.org\/news-and-culture\/climate-environment\/from-floods-to-forecasts-how-uri-scientists-help-rhode-island-plan-for-extreme-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ocean State Media<\/a>&nbsp;(Rhode Island&#8217;s NPR station) on coastal hazard tools in Rhode Island. January 5, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Profiled in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/13\/climate\/trump-climate-science-researchers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a>, &#8220;Lost Science: He Helped Cities Anticipate Damage From Storms.&#8221; November 13, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Featured on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seagrant.gso.uri.edu\/2025\/08\/sea-grants-vital-role-in-advancing-rhode-islands-coastal-hazard-resilience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rhode Island Sea Grant<\/a>, &#8220;Sea Grant&#8217;s Vital Role in Advancing Rhode Island&#8217;s Coastal Hazard Resilience.&#8221; August 18, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/08\/11\/science\/uri-champ-rhode-island-storm-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Boston Globe<\/a>, &#8220;Inside the URI Tools Keeping Rhode Island Ahead of the Next Big Storm.&#8221; August 11, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviewed for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/09\/science-fair-canceled-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NPR&#8217;s All Things Considered<\/a>, &#8220;Canceled Grants Get the Spotlight at a Capitol Hill &#8216;Science Fair&#8217;.&#8221; July 9, 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviewed for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/05\/trump-cuts-research-rhode-island\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rhode Island PBS and The Boston Globe<\/a>, &#8220;&#8216;An Attack on Science&#8217;: Trump&#8217;s Cuts to Research Threatens R.I.&#8217;s Budding Life Sciences Sector.&#8221; May 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu\/ri-champ-makes-storm-impact-modeling-simple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coastal Resilience Center<\/a>\u00a0(DHS Center of Excellence), &#8220;RI-CHAMP Makes Storm Impact Modeling Simple.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviewed for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/climate-supply-chain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Financial Times<\/a>, &#8220;Climate Is a Supply Chain Problem That Can&#8217;t Be Ignored.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Interviewed for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/07\/18\/rising-seas-next-crisis-worlds-ports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>, &#8220;Rising Seas Are the Next Crisis for the World&#8217;s Ports.&#8221; July 18, 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviewed for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/features\/how-climate-change-is-disrupting-the-global-supply-chain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yale Environment 360<\/a>, &#8220;How Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain.&#8221; March 10, 2022. (Also picked up by PBS NewsHour and wire services.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quoted in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecori.org\/2021-8-9-worst-case-scenario-big-storm-could-unleash-problems-on-port-of-providence-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EcoRI<\/a>, &#8220;Worst-Case Scenario: Big Storm Could Unleash Problems on Port of Providence Area.&#8221; August 9, 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quoted in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supplychaindive.com\/news\/ports-storm-risk-climate\/601541\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supply Chain Dive<\/a>, &#8220;Some Ports Plan for Storm Risks, But Most Do Not.&#8221; June 1, 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>URI Media<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/uri-ph-d-graduate-professor-explore-challenges-of-flood-risk-management-in-newly-published-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Rhody Today<\/a>, &#8220;URI Ph.D. Graduate, Professor Explore Challenges of Flood Risk Management in Newly Published Paper.&#8221; February 18, 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/functional-forecasting-uri-team-uses-homeland-security-exercises-to-evaluate-storm-decision-support-tool-as-part-of-katrina-lookback-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Rhody Today<\/a>, &#8220;Functional Forecasting: URI Team Uses Homeland Security Exercises to Evaluate Storm Decision Support Tool.&#8221; February 4, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/rhode-island-legislators-approve-crucial-appropriation-for-unique-weather-related-tools-at-uri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Rhody Today<\/a>, &#8220;Rhode Island Legislators Approve Crucial Appropriation for Unique Weather-Related Tools at URI.&#8221; July 22, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2024\/swelling-the-banks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Magazine<\/a>, &#8220;Swelling the Banks.&#8221; Summer 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/uri-researchers-part-of-nsf-funded-team-working-to-address-impacts-of-a-warming-planet-on-coastal-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Rhody Today<\/a>, &#8220;URI Researchers Part of NSF-Funded Team Working to Address Impacts of a Warming Planet on Coastal Communities.&#8221; August 9, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research-admin\/externalrelations\/uri-momentum-research-innovation-magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">URI Momentum Research &amp; Innovation Magazine<\/a>, &#8220;Rhode Island Coastal Hazards, Analysis, and Prediction,&#8221; by Clea Harrelson. Spring 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/publications\/aboard-gso\/actionable-information-sp22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aboard GSO<\/a>, &#8220;Actionable Information: Isaac Ginis&#8217; Team Is Making Dramatic Improvements in Storm-Damage Prediction.&#8221; July 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Lab News<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/research-profiles\/serving-the-country-and-the-environment-david-bourbeaus-application-of-ri-champ-to-the-u-s-coast-guard\/?fbclid=IwAR2PJpGaHffIP7_llBhROj2CKD8EqOkUnBgVV1AmRgD_rd489GMiGweMEiA\">Serving the Country and the Environment: David Bourbeau\u2019s Application of RI CHAMP to the U.S. Coast Guard<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/research-profiles\/serving-the-country-and-the-environment-david-bourbeaus-application-of-ri-champ-to-the-u-s-coast-guard\/?fbclid=IwAR2PJpGaHffIP7_llBhROj2CKD8EqOkUnBgVV1AmRgD_rd489GMiGweMEiA\">MACRL Lab Student David Bourbeau profiled in CELS<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/uri-researchers-part-of-nsf-funded-team-working-to-address-impacts-of-a-warming-planet-on-coastal-communities\/\">MACRL lab part of new NSF Award<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/frsus.2022.963555\/full\">New MACRL Publication &#8211; Operationalizing resilience planning, theory, and practice: Insights from U.S. seaports<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/macrl\/new-macrl-publication-survey-of-u-s-shipyards\/\">New MACRL Publication &#8211; Survey of U.S. Shipyards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">MMA Grad Dave Hill, Austin Becker, and MAF Undergrad Athena Vieira published the latest MACRL paper, entitled, &#8220;The U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry\u2019s considerations of coastal hazards resilience &#8211; a baseline survey&#8221; &nbsp; ABSTRACT Climate change and associated coastal hazards can disrupt the United States shipbuilding and repair industry\u2019s operations. 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