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Photo by Kat Grigg, Flikr. The Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience studies ways to deal with sea level rise and worsening flooding caused by climate change. New Head Of ODU’s Resilience Center Talks Climate Adaptation In Hampton Roads
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Old Dominion University has a new director of its Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience.
Jessica Whitehead will lead the school’s research into ways to deal with sea level rise and worsening flooding caused by climate change. She will partner with Hampton Roads cities, using them as a testbed for new resilience policies.
Whitehead s hiring comes as officials around southeast Virginia search for ways to mitigate flooding. The region is expected to experience at least 1.5 feet of sea level rise by 2050.
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Jessica Whitehead Named Joan Brock Endowed Executive Director for Old Dominion University’s .
Old Dominion UniversityFebruary 25, 2021 GMT
Jessica Whitehead
Jessica Whitehead
Norfolk, VA, Feb. 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Old Dominion University announced that Jessica Whitehead has been named the Joan Brock Endowed Executive Director of the Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (ICAR).
Whitehead joins ODU from the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR), where she served as its first chief resilience officer. Her new appointment marks another chapter in ODU’s decade-long leadership in coastal resilience research, education and outreach.
Technical professionals attend a living shoreline workshop field trip to a demonstration site in Wilmington. Photo: N.C. Coastal Reserve
A new research network funded by the National Science Foundation wants to hear from coastal residents and stakeholders to better understand their long-term priorities and to explore the ways that short-term decision making can support or undermine these priorities.
The Collaboratory for Coastal Adaptation over Space and Time, or C-CoAST, has scheduled virtual listening sessions to hear about the priorities and concerns that are part of decision-making in coastal communities. The input is to be used to inform collaborative efforts to assist North Carolina’s coastal communities in meeting future challenges.