LSU in the News
USA Today: Our homeowner’s guide to hurricane preparedness
While summer often conjures images of fun in the sun, for those of us living in the South and East regions, summer brings with it decidedly less pleasant weather — hurricanes. And, this means we could all use a lesson in hurricane preparedness.
National Geographic: No state is losing land like Louisiana—but no other state has a bolder plan
At the height of the 2021 hurricane season in Louisiana, on Sunday August 29, a soft-spoken coastal ecologist named Bren Haase watched Hurricane Ida roar ashore with government and military officials gathered inside a central command at State Police headquarters in Baton Rouge.
Pieces of the Puzzle: Meet the 2023 Knauss Finalists
Continuing the tradition of placing early career professionals in Washington, D.C. federal government offices, NOAA and Sea Grant are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 class of the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program.
Philanthropy News Digest: LSU Early Childhood Education Institute receives $5 million gift
Louisiana State University has announced a $5 million gift from alumna Diane Goyette and her husband, Henry, in support of the LSU Early Childhood Education Institute.
Bloomberg: Nuclear War Would Force Earth Into 'Little Ice Age,' Study Shows
A fresh study on the global impact of a nuclear war has concluded that any conflict would plunge the world into darkness, cause temperatures to plummet and wipe out much of the world’s sea life.
NBC: Warm Gulf water raises a concern in hurricane season as heat wave spreads across South
As the first week of summer delivers a heat wave to parts of the U.S., it also brings “incredibly high temperatures” to the Gulf of Mexico, leading experts to warn that if such hot weather persists, it could spell trouble for the still-nascent hurricane season.
WWNO: What's the 'Loop Current' and how does it impact hurricanes? LSU professor answers our questions
With the hurricane season now upon us, experts are saying 2022 could see another above-average year of activity. NOAA is predicting the possibility of three to six major hurricanes.
Associated Press: Goal is to shrink Gulf dead zone, but that's not happening
Decades of work haven’t shrunk the oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas.
Louisiana Radio Network: LSU model predicts above-average storm count for 2022 hurricane season
LSU held a virtual media briefing on the eve of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season in anticipation of another active summer. Dr. Paul Miller, assistant professor of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, was instrumental in developing a new forecasting model.
NEH: Four New Members Join the National Council on the Humanities
Four prominent scholars and leaders in the humanities were sworn in today as new members of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ advisory board, the National Council on the Humanities.