Adaptation to Alternating Weather Extremes

Funding Year: 2015-2016

This research team studied the ecological and social impacts of rapid “whiplash” among droughts, wildfires, and floods as a consequence of climate change and worked to identify strategies to better prepare communities for sustainable adaptation to this increasing threat.

Principal Investigators:

  • Craig Trumbo, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication
  • Lori Peek, Department of Sociology
  • Melinda Laituri, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
  • Russ Schumacher, Department of Atmospheric Science