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Don’t miss it! ESSIE Online Graduate Program Info Session
The University of Florida’s Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) is offering a series of virtual information sessions for prospective students interested in civil, coastal, and environmental engineering programs. ESSIE Online Graduate Program Info Session 📅 Wednesday, September 2 ⏰ 4:30–6:00 p.m. ET This session will provide information about UF’s civil, coastal, and…
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Stantec project highlight: Using modern technology and collaboration to uncover the sunken USS Monitor
For over 150 years, the U.S. Navy’s first ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, rested off the coast of North Carolina. It wasn’t until 2025, when Stantec partnered up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northrop Grumman, and SEARCH to survey the wreck off the coast of Cape Hatteras, that high-resolution sonar imagery helped…
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Science Podcast: Stantec and BMO on nature as critical infrastructure for businesses, cities, and communities
How can organizations create long-term value while strengthening resilience? In the Bank of Montreal’s (BMO) Sustainability Leaders podcast, Stantec’s Dom Kempson and Mike Morris explore the growing role of nature-based solutions in infrastructure, business strategy, and community resilience with BMO’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Michael Torrance. Give the conversation a listen: https://www.stantec.com/en/ideas/content/video/2026/nature-is-critical-infrastructure-for-businesses-cities-communities
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Sparking nature-positive outcomes through science at Stantec
How can engineering with nature reduce risk, restore ecosystems, and deliver community value? That’s the question at the heart of Stantec’s new Sparks story: Sparking Nature-Positive Outcomes. As climate extremes, aging infrastructure, and biodiversity loss reshape the risks facing communities, nature-based solutions are becoming an increasingly important part of the answer. By combining ecological design,…
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Stantec Delivers Engineering with Nature Across the Globe
This week, we’re highlighting our partner, Stantec, and their work in nature-based solutions (NbS). Stantec combines natural systems with engineering to help reduce risk and build resilience. Using strategies such as bioswales, wetlands, coastal restoration, and green infrastructure, NbS can help address biodiversity loss, flood and drought mitigation, water quality and scarcity while supporting carbon…
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Biodiversity Working Group recommends eco-thoughtful planning and action for the future of nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are engineering actions that address societal challenges through the creation, protection, sustainable management and/or restoration of ecosystems, benefitting both the environment and human wellbeing. One of the most frequently purported co-benefits of NbS is their ability to simultaneously benefit, and even restore, biodiversity and ecosystem health while accomplishing their infrastructure goals. However,…
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July 2026 Knowledge Series: Applying Cutting Edge Technology to Engineering with Nature
Tyler Ortego, BC, CE, General Manager Coastal Solutions, Natrx Tyler Ortego from Natrx will share how advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing can be used to fully realizethe benefits of nature-based solutions in coastal resilience. Watch the recording here. The N-EWN Knowledge Series offers 1 Continuing Education Credit (CEC) per seminar. This…
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June 2026 Knowledge Series: The Design and Finance of Reef and Wetland Solutions to Protect People and Nature
Dr. Mike Beck, Director & Dr. Borja Reguero, Associate Professor, UCSC Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, Coastal Science and Policy Program, UC Santa Cruz Coastal risks are growing from changing conditions, development, and habitat loss. Wetlands and reefs provide billions of dollars annually in benefits for flood and erosion reduction; these benefits could finance much…
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May 2026 Knowledge Series: EWN Compass: Implementation Toolbox for Natural and Nature-Based Features
Sarah Copertino, Senior Environmental Scientist, US Army Corps of Engineers Integrating natural and nature-based features (NNBF) is a key element of modern, sustainable infrastructure. This seminar introduces the EWN Compass, a user-friendly ArcGIS application developed to support the efficient selection and integration of NNBF into infrastructure engineering projects. Participants will gain centralized access to relevant…
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April 2026 Knowledge Series: Modern, reproducible modeling workflows for water feature design
Anthony Aufdenkampe, LimnoTech Nature-based solutions (NBS) seek to improve water quality by leveraging natural ecological and biogeochemical processes, but the interplay between these processes, especially in moving water, is challenging to anticipate. When high confidence in outcomes is needed, stakeholders often turn to numerical modeling. However, most existing water simulation tools are outdated and based…
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National Academies and N-EWN Partners host third annual National Forum on NbS
From March 10-12, 2026, the NASEM Gulf Research Program and our partners hosted the third annual National Forum on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Mobile, Alabama. The forum brought together a diversity of sectors and backgrounds from across the country to discuss implementation, practice and policy in the field of NbS. The days were filled with…
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March 2026 Knowledge Series: Dutch experience with beaches and dunes as coastal Natural and Nature Based Features for Flood Risk Management
An overview of 30 years of nature-basedcoastline management Quirijn Lodder & Evelien Brand, Rijkswaterstaat Coastal erosion threatens beaches and dunes globally. In the Netherlands, a coastline maintenance policy was implemented in the 1990’s to combat this erosion, with sand nourishments as the primary means. As a result, the Dutch coast is one of the most heavily…
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