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Students in the Youth Advocacy for Resilience to Disasters (YARDs) program in Savannah, Ga.
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BIPOC Youth Learn Map-Making to Build Disaster Resilience

Feb 14, 2022

Map of the U.S. showing the location of each of the NSF Civic awardees
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Civic Innovation Challenge awards support community-based solutions to mobility and disaster resilience

Sep 21, 2021

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Tropical Storm Elsa to test the first of a network of rainfall gauges

Jul 7, 2021

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Georgia Tech-Savannah’s Russell Clark on the Smart Sea Level Sensor Program

Jul 1, 2021

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Low-cost sensors help Savannah, Georgia, track flooding in real time

Nov 19, 2020

Georgia Tech scientist Kim Cobb emphasizes a point at a December 2019 TedX talk.
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A leading scientist’s transition from climate science to solutions

Apr 29, 2020

Russ Clark, Matt Gerig, Tom McDonald, and David Anderson install sensors
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Water monitoring project makes Savannah a world leader

Apr 29, 2020

Jason Evans of Stetson University (not affiliated with the Smart Sea Level Sensors project) discusses the results of his sea level rise modeling at the Chatham County Commission Friday, March 6.
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Sea level rise challenges storm water system

Mar 7, 2020

CEMA Deputy Director Randall Mathews reviews the emergency management response to Hurricane Dorian.
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Chatham lucked out by a few hours with Dorian

Oct 23, 2019

Students Kutub Ghandi and Maddie Carlini help Georgia Tech research scientist Russell Clark install a water level sensor at Turner Creek Boat Ramp on Whitemarsh Island
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Savannah high school students help prepare city for a changing climate

Oct 10, 2019

A lighthouse at sunset on Tybee Island, Georgia. The island is located in Chatham County, where the Smart Sea Level Sensors program is being implemented. Credit: Impact Media Lab / AAAS
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Residents of Savannah rise to the occasion as higher seas encroach

Aug 23, 2019

Banner for the Smart Sea Level Sensors Expo event; graphic lists the date of the event as May 16th 2019, from three-thirty PM to six PM. The location of the event was at the Jepson Center in Savannah Georgia
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Smart Sea Level Sensors Expo highlights accomplishments and shares future plans

May 17, 2019

Russ Clark, Matt Gerig, Tom McDonald, and David Anderson install sensors
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Smart Sea Level Sensors Expo highlights accomplishments and shares future plans

May 16, 2019

A still from local new scoverage of the Sea Level Sensors project showing a photograph with "Irma is a four letter word" written on it
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Sea level sensors project: one year later

May 16, 2019

Russ Clark installs a sensor on a bridge on Burnside Island
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Sea level sensors spread across Chatham

May 14, 2019

Two men installing a sensor on the side of a bridge
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Scientists installing more sea level sensors in Chatham County

May 10, 2019

Yards on Kilkenny Creek in Richmond Hill flooded November twenty-third with little warning
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Chatham County sea level sensor project seeks input

Jan 30, 2019

Boats along with sections of dock are scattered in the marsh, some sitting on the bottom, after Hurricane Irma on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at St. Marys on the Georgia coast.
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Floods, fire and hurricanes: Dire warnings for Georgia in climate report

Dec 1, 2018

Project updates

Kaylyn Sinisgalli, Summer 2020 Smart Sea Level Sensors Intern

Meet Our 2020 Summer Intern Team

March 2019 Meeting Recap

March 2019 Meeting Recap

January 2019 Meeting Recap

January 2019 Meeting Recap

Kim Cobb and Russ Clark:

Kim Cobb and Russ Clark: "Coastal Flooding Solutions in Savannah and Beyond"

October 2018 Meeting Recap

October 2018 Meeting Recap

August 2018 Meeting Recap

August 2018 Meeting Recap

Four Communities Selected for Inaugural Georgia Smart Communities Challenge

Four Communities Selected for Inaugural Georgia Smart Communities Challenge

May 2018 Meeting Recap

May 2018 Meeting Recap

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