Have you ever wondered why planners in your town make the decisions they do? What factors increase or decrease your city’s resilience to tropical weather? Now you have the opportunity to be a virtual planner through a new video game developed by...
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As sea levels rise, they are not simply coming higher, but they are reshaping the coastlines as they come up. This can lead to erosion occurring at faster rates and in new places. It also changes the shape of our beaches and barrier islands and can...
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The U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico are home to 118 million red snapper, about three times more than previously estimated, according to an unprecedented new population assessment led by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI)...
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I have an azalea in my backyard I have let go wild. The birds love it even if the landscaper does not. At peak bloom, the color from the hundreds of blossoms is so intense, it gives my den a beautiful pink aura. I have been in this house for about...
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Few tools are as powerful in city planning as GIS. GIS, which stands for geographic information system, is a computer software system, which planners can employ for geographic analysis. The practical applications of GIS software are vast and the...
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At the Mobile County Public Schools' Environmental Studies Center (ESC), when life gave us lemons, we grabbed some sugar and ice water and got busy. When you visit now, you may notice some things look a bit different.
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