Coast & Waterways

Rebuilding the Coastal Economy
Sociologists chart a region wide reshuffling of the post-hurricane economy MORE>>

Responding with SPEED
New research center promises storm solutions across the Gulf Coast. MORE>>

Letting Nature Take Its Course
LSU researchers are combining computer simulation and lab experiments to better understand bacterial movement mechanics in groundwater and investigate the fate of viruses within the Marshland Upwelling System (MUS). MORE>>

Beneath the Surface
Researchers in LSU's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences are searching for better ways to predict the behavior of the fine structures and fronts of oceans and coastal regions. MORE>>

Coastal Consequences
Jim Cowan, a professor in the LSU Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and the Coastal Fisheries Institute, and his research team strive to predict how some coastal restoration efforts will affect fish populations of Barataria Bay. MORE>>

Invasion of the Cattails
Irv Mendelssohn is endeavoring to save the ecosystem of the Florida Everglades from an invader that few would suspect. Fall 2004 MORE>>

Preserving a Fragile Habitat
For the past four years, coastal expert Jaye Cable and her team of researchers have tromped through the marshlands and boated down the channels of Breton Basin searching for ways to yield the maximum environmental benefit from the diversion. Summer 2004 MORE>>

Drilling in the Deep
Lower natural gas prices and a cost-effective method of producing it are the goals of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Assitant Professor John Rogers Smith. Summer 2004 MORE>>

A Mini Mighty Mississippi
Small-scale model of river delta to aid in costal restoration. Spring 2004 MORE>>