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As a nation we continue to build, and rebuild, housing and infrastructure in hazardous places, and even headline-grabbing disasters don't necessarily lead to better decision-making. Despite an ever-growing library of tools aimed at promoting disaster resilience, insights and resources have not translated to better land-use decisions in many communities. In this presentation, Rumbach will unpack the seeming paradox between an increasing awareness of climate threats and the continuation of high-risk development practices. He will explore theories and evidence on why communities don't make better decisions before, and after, disasters, and point to opportunities to improve outcomes through better research and policymaking.

Go deeper on the science from the film and how it influences forecasts and drought planning.

How well does soil moisture data from a single station represent the complex alpine landscape around it? This past summer, AGCI set out to answer that question through one of our largest soil moisture field research campaigns to date.

Researchers around the globe have been investigating the relationship between terrestrial water availability and plants, but more work is needed to integrate knowledge and data across different scales and diverse bodies of knowledge.

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Beginning as snowmelt from Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River—often called the Lifeline of the West— supplies water to over 40 million people in…

AGCI spoke with glaciologist Dr. Heïdi Sevestre, about the speed and scale of vanishing ice as a global change issue, and the critical need to make the science of vanishing ice accessible and relevant to policymakers.

The Guidebook utilizes data from AGCI’s soil moisture monitoring network in the Roaring Fork Watershed to explore how and when soil moisture data can inform water supply planning.