Rice’s Shell Center for Sustainability to host ‘How Sustainable is the Texas Coast? Are We in a State of Denial?’ Oct. 29

Amy Hodges
713-348-6777
amy.hodges@rice.edu

Rice’s Shell Center for Sustainability to host ‘How Sustainable is the Texas Coast? Are We in a State of Denial?’ Oct. 29

HOUSTON – (Oct. 27, 2014) – Rice University’s Shell Center for Sustainability will host “How Sustainable is the Texas Coast? Are We in a State of Denial?” Oct. 29 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium on the Rice campus.

The workshop will feature presentations with the most recent scientific data modeled by a team of multidisciplinary researchers from Rice, Louisiana State University and Texas A&M University. Topics will include sediment supply, severe storm impacts and storm surge, storm impacts on energy and transportation infrastructure, urban growth prediction in vulnerable coastal environments, trends for Gulf Coast sustainability and more.

What: A workshop titled “How Sustainable is the Texas Coast? Are We in a State of Denial?” and hosted by Rice University’s Shell Center for Sustainability.

Where: Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium, Rice University, 6100 Main St.

When: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29.

Members of the media and the public are invited to attend, but registration is required. To register, visit https://signup.rice.edu/SustainableTexCoast/. For parking information, visit http://parking.rice.edu. Contact Amy Hodges, senior media relations specialist at Rice, at 713-348-6777 or amy.hodges@rice.edu for more information.”Our dynamic coastline is changing faster than ever before,” said John Anderson, director of the Shell Center. “Changes are visible over the last 50, 30 and even 10 years. The environmental, social and economic results are palpable and can make us less resilient, particularly when more intense conditions affect our coastal state and result in even greater impact at the national level, due to potential energy, food and community effects.”

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