Silka mentioned in Free Press article on research to address sea-level rise
Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, was mentioned in the Free Press article, “Departments of transportation team up with climatologists, engineers to address sea-level rise.” As the federal government moves forward with policy and funding to tackle impending sea-level rise, climatologists and engineers are working together as part of the Infrastructure & Climate Network (ICNet) to continue to collect and analyze climate science data and do applied research on the ground, according to the article. ICNet started in 2012 with funding from the National Science Foundation, the article states. Principal investigators of the project include Silka; Jennifer Jacobs, a civil engineering professor at the University of New Hampshire; Jack Kartez, a professor of community planning and development at the University of Southern Maine; and the Maine Department of Transportation.