Projects
From small, mountain streams to mighty, roaring rivers, from arctic wetlands to tropical lakes, Freshwater Initiative faculty and students work on today’s most pressing freshwater challenges.
Predicting Extreme Events: Landslides & Floods
Principal Investigators: Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Alexander Horner-Devine
Project Duration: 2017 - 2021
Damage from natural disasters can be prevented by using predictions to improve our planning. With the objective of improving flood and landslide prediction, a collaborative…
Read MoreRainforest Margins Research Network
Principal Investigator: David Butman
The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, the University of Washington, and the University of Alaska as been funded through The National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network…
Read MoreMountain to Sea Initiative
Principal Investigators: Alexander Horner-Devine, Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Daniel Schindler, Julian Olden, Jessica Lundquist, Faisal Hossain, Gordon Holtgrieve, David Butman, Edward Kolodziej, Joel Baker
Freshwater systems are essential to human health and well being. Globally, governments are increasingly challenged to provide reliable and affordable water supplies to growing human…
Read MoreFood, Water, & Energy Dynamics in the Mekong River
Principal Investigator: Gordon Holtgrieve
The Mekong River and its watershed are facing unprecedented changes from land cover conversion, hydropower development, and climate change. This uncertain future threatens the livelihoods…
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