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How microgrids could boost resilience in New Orleans
June 14, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — During Hurricane Katrina and other severe storms that have hit New Orleans, power outages, flooding and wind damage combined to cut off people from clean drinking water, food, medical care, shelter, prescriptions and other vital services. In a year-long project, researchers at Sandia and Los Alamos national...
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Exploring Arctic clues to secure future with new Sandia, university partnership
April 23, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Arctic is undergoing rapid change, with sea ice melting and temperatures rising at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world. Its changing environment affects global security, politics, the economy and the climate. Understanding these changes is crucial for shaping and safeguarding U.S. security in...
Categories: Climate Change, Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Effects of climate change on communally managed water systems softened by shared effort
April 16, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Shared fates and experiences in a community can help it withstand changes to water availability due to climate change, a recent study by Sandia National Laboratories researchers found. “During our research, a community’s ability to withstand natural and social pressures was routinely pinpointed to the fact that...
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City resilience: Sandia analyzes effects of rising sea levels in Norfolk
March 28, 2016, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that’s home to the world’s largest naval station and important seaports, catastrophic flooding could damage more than homes and roads. A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city, its region and the nation would suffer in...
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Resilient cities focus of new Sandia, Rockefeller Foundation pact to help 100 communities
April 1, 2014 • Scientific, engineering solutions for disaster recovery, sustainability ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will bring decades of experience solving problems with practical engineering and modeling complex systems to cities around the world under a new agreement to support the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation. The...
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Motivating business to design a more resilient nation, one building at a time
July 23, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Anyone who’s ever come home from vacation to find a home partly destroyed by a leaking roof, broken water line or backed-up sewage knows the horror of drywall replacement, rotted rugs, mold tests and other measures of reconstruction that force domestic life to a halt. The crisis...
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