HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
HARVEY-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25, 2017 near Corpus Christi, Texas. Over the next five days the storm devastated the Texas coast, dropping over 36 inches of rain over 2500 sq mi area and causing unprecedented levels of damage. Harvey is likely the costliest storm in U.S. history, exceeding Hurricane Katrina. Life-threatening flooding in the City of Houston and surrounding areas caught the world’s attention.
2025 SSPEED CONFERENCE
The SSPEED Center hosted more than 170 attendees at its 12th conference on November 6-7. The conference was opened by Rice President Reginald DesRoches and throughout the two days, we had more than thirty top academic, consulting and governmental experts present on a wide variety of topics.
Presentations on the first day included a detailed overview of the Galveston Bay Park Plan, MaapNext updates with 2D modeling from Harris County Flood Control District, and a detailed session over the July 4th Hill Country Floods. There was also a session on nature-based solutions that included a keynote address from Rob Rogers, a premiere architect based in New York City, Rob Thomas, chief program manager of the Gulf Coast Protection District, and Anne Loes Nillesen from TU-Delft, the Netherlands. After a day of presentations, the SSPEED Center hosted a reception by our sponsors with student poster sessions.
Day 2 focused on Market-based Natural Carbon Solutions. This included presentations on the carbon market and how to intersect ecological stewardship and economic innovation. Attendees listened to a series of in-depth presentations on soil carbon sequestration, the launch of BCarbon, forest carbon storage and coastal blue carbon. We will use this time to continue to build on the diagolue with the community on these topics.
We want to thank our sponsors for this successful event.
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