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Exploring the Wired Article: "Hurricane Ian is a Warning From the Future"

Just over a week ago, Hurricane Ian made landfall near the barrier Island of Cayo Costa, Florida. The storm brought unprecedented destruction to a region that hadn't experienced a similar storm in over a decade.

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A Brief Conversation with Dr. Marshall Shepherd Ahead of Hurricane Ian's Landfall

As Hurricane Ian barreled towards the western coast of Florida this week, Dr. Marshall Shepherd was hard at work fielding questions from a variety of high profile news outlets requesting his expertise on the storm's catastrophic potential.

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Dr. Nik Heynen Leads Students at Five Day Penn Center Research Residency

This past June, students and faculty from universities across the Southeast united at the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District on St.

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Dr. Suzanne Birch Named Co-PI on National Science Foundation Grant

UGA Geography and Anthropology professor Dr. Suzanne Birch has been named Co-Principal Investigator for a substantial National Science Foundation (NSF) grant with the purpose of establishing novel data communication and networking infrastructure between historically sectioned disciplines.

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Dr. John Knox's New Study Reveals 479 weather-related bounce house injuries, 28 deaths

Over a decade ago, Dr. John Knox saw a joke on Facebook comparing the phenomenon of runaway bounce houses to the scientific study of dust particles in the atmosphere. Several years and hundreds of hours of intensive, intricate research later, Dr. Knox now admits that bounce houses are no joke.…

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