Tag: Dallas Center
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Turfgrass Field Day showcases field advancements
Ambika Chandra, Ph.D., at the 2024 Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day Research and experiments are exciting to read about, but even more fun to see up close and personal. Texas A&M University and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists working in turfgrass recently gave people that chance at their Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day. Hosted this year…
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Environmental education impacts and measurement workshop set for Oct. 22 in Dallas
Extension, outreach and education professionals from all fields are invited to an Environmental Education Measuring Impacts Workshop on Oct. 22 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Dallas. The training will cover how to use mapping tools, surveys and storytelling to both evaluate the impacts of science education programs and boost program…
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Meet a scientist: Bardia Heidari
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw How can a love for animals lead to a career in water research? For Bardia Heidari, Ph.D., who grew up with dogs, rabbits, turtles and parrots in Tehran, Iran, animals inspired questions about how they interacted with their environment. Now a research scientist for the Texas Water Resources Institute at…
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Meet TWRI’s Urban Water Program team
Kelly Albus, Bardia Heidari, Dean Minchillo, Emily Monroe, and Samantha Murray. The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex faces many water-related challenges in the coming decades, as population growth simultaneously increases water demand and alters the landscape, while impacts from climate change affect the available water supply. Texas A&M AgriLife has teams of experts around the region working to…
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Texas students compete in the Slingshot Challenge
This spring hundreds of middle and high school students in Texas produced educational videos about environmental science for the National Geographic Slingshot Challenge. Thanks to tireless efforts from educators and Texas A&M AgriLife professionals supporting the students’ ingenuity and hard work, their videos and ideas could help slingshot communities into a more sustainable future. Kelly Albus, Ph.D.,…
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Teacher training on citizen science and Junior Master Gardner set for July 12 in Fort Worth
ACCESS Water workshops provide teachers with hands-on learning. (Photo courtesy of Kelly Albus.) Teachers who work with students of all ages are invited to a Junior Master Gardener and Citizen Science Training July 12 in Fort Worth. Onsite check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the training will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at…
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Water research roundup: new research from TWRI and around Texas
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards (Photo by Michael Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications.) Read recent peer-reviewed publications by Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M AgriLife scientists: A planning framework to mitigate localized urban stormwater inlet flooding using distributed Green Stormwater Infrastructure at an urban scale: Case study of Dallas, Texas: In a study…
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Hundreds of Texas students produce environmental science videos for Slingshot Challenge
A shot from a Wimberley ISD student’s Slingshot Challenge video, discussing the Edwards Aquifer and One Water systems for school buildings. (Courtesy of Kelly Albus.) Thanks to tireless schoolteachers, students’ ingenuity and hard work, and support from Texas A&M AgriLife professionals, this spring hundreds of middle and high school students in Texas produced educational videos…
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Big city solution: Installing green stormwater infrastructure slows down, cleans up runoff
Not only has population growth and aging infrastructure put a strain on existing stormwater drainage systems in Texas, but climate change impacts have also made extreme one-day rainfall events more common. Rapid urbanization’s increased impervious surfaces have sped up how fast extreme rainfall runs off into rising waterways, prompting flooding. How should local governments deal with these compounding challenges? Local…
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To slow down and clean up runoff, install Green Stormwater Infrastructure
A bioretention area at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas, a bioretention area in Renaissance Park in Oak Cliff and a stormwater conveyance structure in South Lakes Park in Denton. (Photos by Fouad Jaber.) How stormwater can rise into floodwaters has changed in Texas. Not only has population growth and aging infrastructure put…
