Putting rocks into rivers to lessen drought-fire-flood : Laura Norman, physical scientist

About this episode

Laura Norman discusses her work on hydrological modelling to address issues related to drought, fire, and flood.

Laura Norman is a physical scientist with the USGS. Doing hydrological modelling of slow water. https://climatewaterproject.substack.com/p/putting-rocks-in-rivers-to-lessen

People in this episode

Host: Alpha Lo

Guest: Laura Norman

Topics covered

• hydrological modelling
• drought
• flood
• fire
• environmental science

Keywords

• hydrology
• drought mitigation
• flood management
• fire prevention
• physical science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USGS

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