Hurricane speed reveals where storm surges will strike
New Scientist - April 5, 2009
Joao Rego and Chunyan Li of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge have calculated that a hurricane´s forward speed influences the peak height and inland "reach" of [storm] surge...

NGI-LSU - March 2009
BY NGI-LSU Staff
Dr. Brian Fry was recently added to the prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Ecology and Environment. The list is compiled yearly by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI). This list includes scientific researchers whose publications are most often cited in academic journals over the past decade. Those on the Highly Cited Researcher list for Ecology and Environment constitute the 350 most cited researchers over the last decade. Dr. Fry has authored and co-authored several journal articles that have been cited over 100 times and one article that has been cited over 1000 times.

LSU professor named to National Academy of Sciences panel
LSU Highlights - March 2009
BY Ashley Berthelot
Robert Twilley has been selected to serve on the National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress, or CISRERP...

LSU Professor Wins Society of Wetland Scientists´ Merit Award
LSU News - 12/2/2008
BY Ashley Berthelot
Irving Mendelssohn, professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, was recently awarded the 2008 Merit Award from the Society of Wetland Scientists in recognition for his contributions to wetland science.

Gustav´s Lessons for New Orleans
Time - September 4, 2008
BY Michael Grunwald
"...a slight variation of the track either way could have meant six more feet of storm surge," says Louisiana State University coastal scientist Robert Twilley, who studied Gustav´s track...

Gustav Hits Vulnerable Coastal Area
NPR, All Things Considered - September 1, 2008, 3:56
BY Melissa Block

Mayor Orders the Evacuation of New Orleans
New York Times - August 30, 2008
BY Adam Nossiter and Shaila Dewan
A Louisiana State University scientist who has been tracking the storm said the area at greatest risk, under present forecasts, was not New Orleans but...

LSU to Host Conference on Sustainability of Mississippi Delta
LSUNews - July 29, 2008
Scientists from the School of the Coast and Environment at LSU have come together to address issues of sustainability in the Mississippi River Delta and will be hosting a conference...(author unknown)

U.S. Corn Production Feeds Expanding Gulf Dead Zone
Environment News Service - July 15, 2008
BY J. R. Pegg
Record corn harvests throughout the Midwest are clearly adding to the problem, according to Eugene Turner, a scientist with LSU, and leader of the research team...

NOAA and Louisiana Scientists Predict Largest Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" on Record This Summer
NOAANews - July 15, 2008
"The prediction of a large dead zone this summer is due to a combination of large influx of nitrogen and exceptionally high flows from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers," said LSU scientist R. Eugene Turner... (author unknown)

"Dead Zone" Present and Growing, Record Year Predicted
LSUNews - June 16, 2008
The modeling effort, led by R. Eugene Turner of LSU, predicts that this summer´s dead zone will be about 10,084 mi2, an area about the size of the state of Massachusetts... (author unknown)

A Grand Diversion in Louisiana
ScienceNOW Daily News - February 18, 2008
BY Erik Stokstad
Robert Twilley discusses how river diversions can help restore Louisiana wetlands.

LSU, Yale team study agricultural impact on Mississippi River
EurekaAlert - January 23, 2008
LSU Professor R. Eugene Turner and graduate student Whitney Broussard, along with their colleagues at Yale, tracked changes in the discharge of water and the concentration of bicarbonate... (author unknown)

LSU Professor Helps India Prepare for Impact of Global Warming
EurekaAlert - April 13, 2007
Robert Twilley...recently joined an international science team tasked with helping India, one of the countries facing the most dramatic consequences of world climate change... (author unkown)