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Can more farmers be convinced to conserve and restore wetlands?

Salon, Published on
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Scherer Wins Regents Award for Faculty Excellence

Posted on March 23rd, 2021

IIHR Research Engineer Michelle Scherer has received the 2021 Regents Award for Faculty Excellence, one of the University of Iowa’s highest honors for faculty achievement.

A man in suit and tie speaks at a podium outdoors on the riverbank

Krajewski Elected to Nat’l Academy of Engineering

Posted on March 20th, 2021

Iowa Flood Center Director Witold Krajewski has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest honors conferred in the field of engineering.



New research reaffirms the local impact of climate change in Iowa

The Daily Iowan, Published on


Massive US flooding linked to climate change-driven weather system

The Academic Times, Published on


Iowa Flood Center tracks flood changes as snow melts

KCRG-TV, Published on


Climate change-driven ‘Midwest water hose’ caused massive 2019 flooding in Iowa, elsewhere, UI researchers find

Des Moines Register , Published on
Aerial view of muddy brown floodwater submerging Pacific Junction, Iowa, in 2019.

Research Links Climate Change to Flooding in Iowa

Posted on March 1st, 2021

IIHR’s Gabriele Villarini and Wei Zhang (now at Utah State) have connected rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere with Iowa’s more frequent flooding.

Tim Mattes says there is great interest in new methods to clean up PCEs and TCEs in the groundwater.

Mattes Awarded $1.4 M to Reduce Contaminants

Posted on February 25th, 2021

IIHR’s Tim Mattes has been awarded $1.4 million from NIEHS to reduce contaminants in soil and water.



AI @ IA: Five Ways Artificial Intelligence Powers Discovery at Iowa

Iowa Magazine, Published on

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