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Elena McDonald-Buller Sr. Adam Rabinowitz Associate Professor Classics. Kelly Raley Professor Sociology. Stuart Reichler Sr. Lecturer College of Natural Sciences. Christy Schirmer Assistant Instructor Classics. Fred Valdez Professor Anthropology. News Events Blog Previous Next. September 16, The Next Generation of Flood Response A team of Planet Texas researchers are creating a mobile app that will allow first responders to track flooding in real-time.

It is made using sophisticated flood maps developed over a decade. August 17, Telling Climate Change Stories Planet Texas is teaming up with The Drag Audio on a new podcast that will explore topics related to climate change, including everything from flooding to renewable energy. Two UT students are producing the podcast and Planet Texas will act as advisors on the science. April 28, Planning For Extreme Uncertainty Community and Regional Planning doctoral candidate Deidre Zoll shares about her work examining the climate planning efforts in Houston and San Antonio and whether they amplify existing inequalities.

But, sometimes, we share more in common with the people beyond these arbitrary lines than we think. This article by Classics Associate Professor […]. This article introduces our grand challenge. January 29, Newsletter: Looking to the Past to Understand the Future Planet Texas relies on archaeologists, historians and even artists to understand how to confront the challenges related to climate change and urbanization.

January 29, Looking to the Past to Prepare for Our Future T hrough all eras of human history, communities have confronted stresses related to climate change that have affected how and where they live. November 4, New Projects, New Leadership for Planet Texas Planet Texas is excited to unveil its six new flagship projects, which include everything from designing new tools to respond to disasters to looking at the ancient past to build a more resilient future.

Because of this, University of Texas researchers are hoping they can track its […]. August 12, Hey Honey Bee! Extinction Stings. June 11, Escaping Disaster Planet Texas researchers create state-of-the-art model to improve patient evacuation during hurricanes.

Our aim is to make scientific findings accessible and relevant to people and to encourage informed discussions that can help us make better decisions about our future.

February 14, Imagining Solutions-Driven Community Centers What if there were a community storefront with a mission to connect residents with organizations and stakeholders that can assist them in co-creating solutions for the challenges they face?

July 9, Extreme Summer: Speaking the Many Languages of Climate Change The dominant languages of climate change have been scientific, technological and economic, but art and literature get to the root of the beliefs and values that shape human behavior.

May 31, Welcome to Planet Texas Today is the first day of hurricane season, which makes this the right time to launch six new projects that will tackle some of the biggest challenges facing Texas. Now, a team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin is developing an app that helps first responders assess the severity of floods instantly from their smartphones. September 23, Degrees of Injustice: The Social Inequity of Urban Heat Islands Urban heat islands — whereby cities experience much warmer temperatures than the suburbs — tend to reveal social inequities.

Marginalized communities feel the brunt of the heat. UT Austin researchers are working to understand more about this phenomenon and come up with solutions. September 21, Technological Leaps Help Biologists Study Quickly Changing Landscapes In a recent paper published in the journal Science, Timothy Keitt, professor of integrative biology, and Eric Abelson, research scientist, discuss the ways in which quickly advancing technology tools are transforming biological field work now and creating the potential for even greater transformation.

Dev Niyogi, professor at the Jackson School of Geosciences, is working with fellow researchers to better understand […]. The new technology could help save lives and property. July 9, Beyond the Weather Report Planet Texas is teaming up with the Drag Audio on a new environmental podcast that explores topics related to climate change, including everything from flooding to renewable energy.

The podcast will feature expertise and interviews with Planet Texas researchers. July 5, What Makes an Excellent Professor? Hear from him and others what makes a great teacher. Infrastructure Is In Poor Shape. Natural environments seldom follow political borders.

While sometimes arbitrary lines on a map separate states, natural environments shape the way people live. Researchers at UT Austin have been working on a project using advanced modeling to predict when certain electrical substations will be thrown offline during an extreme weather event.

The goal is to help design a better, more resilient system by assisting energy companies, policymakers and state agencies in planning infrastructure investments during the next decade. The […]. This article invites readers to explore a project that looks at the Greek site of Histria in […]. Dev Niyogi, a geosciences professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Planet Texas researcher, said climate scientists […].

February 23, How to Plan and Prepare for the Next Weather Event Experts say planning for the next weather event should involve looking back and looking ahead. February 12, Newsletter: Looking to the Past to Prepare for Our Future Through all eras of human history, communities have confronted stresses related to climate change that have affected how and where they live.

Studying past societies helps us recognize the long-term effects of these stresses, which can be hard to see in the moment. Explore how Planet Texas researchers are using the knowledge of the […].

To show your support for these initiatives, sign the form here. October 27, The undersigned UT […]. October 13, Frontera on the Front Lines During Record Hurricane Season The Frontera supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computer Center has been busy this hurricane season, cranking out predictions for storm surge to help save lives.

July 21, Newsletter: Preparing for Dual Disasters We are facing dual crises — a worldwide viral pandemic and the threat of an unusually active storm season in the Atlantic Ocean due to climate change. July 9, Texas Needs to Prepare for Possibility of Extreme Droughts, UT Professor Says Texas needs to start making plans for a future that could include unprecedented drought challenges, researchers say. We condemn the racial injustice, systemic inequities, and outright violence that have been an ever-present feature of life in America since its founding.

We stand in solidarity with and support those who have spoken up, organized, and participated in the massive anti-racist protests across the United States […]. April 22, Newsletter: A Day Worth Remembering, 50 Years Later The 50th anniversary of Earth Day offers Planet Texas a chance to reflect on how defining moments can mobilize millions to envision more just and healthy futures.

March 31, UT Professor Maps Climate Vulnerability in Austin Communities within Austin are disproportionately affected by climate change based on their social vulnerability. He takes listeners into the ancient world of Romania through his exciting archaeological expeditions and unbelievable discoveries.

Also by , it will be more obvious that the Austin and San Antonio metros will function as an integrated region approaching 5 million people as the Central Texas anchor of the Texas Triangle global complex with Houston and Dallas-Ft.

Continuing American population migration to the attractive cities of the South and Southwest. The full maturity of economic clusters that will supplement and even overtake our traditional industrial sectors as the basis for a diversified economy.

This last point is a critical process for our long-term prosperity. In the last half of the twentieth century, San Antonio built its momentum on its five major military bases, its tourist attractions and its service economy. We are harnessing the jobs benefits of robust manufacturing companies, such as Toyota and its supplier plants and Port San Antonio and its aerospace firms. Let us know. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:.

Email required Address never made public. Name required. One megawatt can power about homes on a Texas summer day. A second prong of local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions also remains mostly in the idea phase. Recent ideas to shift sales tax revenue toward ConnectSA and away from other environmental policies are likely to encounter stiff opposition. Much of the plan focuses on ideas to adapt to a changing climate, which have proven less controversial.

One of them was Nirenberg, who made passing the resolution the first move of the mostly new, mostly progressive City Council elected June At the time, few understood what that commitment truly meant. Through most of , around 90 volunteers representing businesses, engineers and architects, government bodies, environmentalists, social justice groups, and neighborhoods met multiple times a month to go over all aspects of how San Antonio could do its part to reduce emissions.

They showed that by , the city could see another 48 to 94 days per year when temperatures would top degrees, as well as annual rainfall totals 3 to 4 inches less than historical averages. Even as the climate planning process was underway, CPS Energy came out with its own vision of the future.