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Top Stories published by PlanetTexas2050 in 2020

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Oct 2, 2020

Two little girls dig in a school garden at Pleasant Hill Elementary in South Austin.

Engaging Communities to Fight a Climate Crisis

UT researchers use residents’ lived experiences to…

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Apr 21, 2020

Image of the Earth as seen from space. Photo captured by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972.

Together: Human Health and Our Environment Are Inextricably Linked

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May 28, 2020

An image of a small waterfall in Bull Creek in Austin, Texas.

Tracing Water

UT researchers find municipal water makes up the bulk of Austin’s urbanized streams.

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Oct 28, 2020

Outgoing Planet Texas 2050 Chair Heather Houser (left) and new Planet Texas 2050 Chair Fernanda Leite (right).

New Projects, New Leadership for Planet Texas 2050

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Mar 3, 2020

An escape room pod glows red with emergency lights during a hurricane at The University of Texas at Austin.

Escaping a Climate Crisis

Design helps researchers turn data into an experience.
By Doreen Lorenzo

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Mar 6, 2020

Austinites sit together in a room to discuss details of the city’s Community Climate Plan (CCP).

Prioritizing Community Engagement and Equity in Climate Resilience Planning

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Apr 20, 2020

A contact sheet of photos of protestors and marchers at New York City’s first Earth Day event in 1970. Photos by Dan Jaffe

Earth Day at 50: Still Seizing the Moment

Planet Texas 2050 is bringing scholars and scientists…

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Feb 27, 2020

University of Texas students test new VR game for Planet Texas 2050.

From Virtual to Reality: Take a Walk Around Austin in 2050

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Jun 9, 2020

Escaping Disaster

UT researchers create state-of-the-art model to improve patient evacuation in…

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Jan 29, 2020

What Starts Here Can Save the Arctic

By Seyi Odufuye

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These were the top 10 stories published by PlanetTexas2050 in 2020. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2020 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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Texas' population could nearly double by the year 2050. Extreme weather events will bring more floods, more droughts, and more heat. Our state's resources can't support those demands. Making Texas resilient is our grand challenge.

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