Feb 15, 2024 | News, News Releases, RESEARCH PROFILES, Seed Funded Projects
With climate change driving temperature increases, water scarcity, and limited access to energy in urban areas, it has become more important than ever to understand the relationships between urban areas and their resources. Lei Zhao, Assistant Professor of Civil and...
Dec 6, 2023 | I-GUIDE, iSEE Research, News, News Releases
It’s no secret that big environmental problems tend to require interdisciplinary solutions. In the case of monitoring the risks that aging dam infrastructure imposes, storm watchers, engineers, and sociologists all have a part to play. Deanna Hence, Assistant...
Aug 16, 2023 | ELP, News, News Releases
For over two decades, U of I alumna Jennifer Walling has dedicated her life to fighting for environmental progress. During her time as an undergrad in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Walling got her start with environmental advocacy through the Students...
Aug 9, 2023 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project
The prevalence of mosquito-borne disease has plagued urban communities for decades, prompting scientists to look to stormwater infrastructure for sustainable solutions. Brian Allan, Professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, leads an...
Aug 2, 2023 | iSEE Research, News, News Releases, SMARTFARM Project
Earth’s soil contains large stocks of carbon — even more carbon than in the atmosphere. A significant portion of this soil carbon is in organic form (carbon bound to carbon), called soil organic carbon (SOC). However, SOC has historically been greatly diminished by...