DURHAM, N.H.—Recent major flooding and historical tide surges along the coastline of the United States have shown the significant and sometimes devastating damage that winter storms and increased sea level can cause in surrounding areas and infrastructure. The University of New Hampshire has several leading experts in coastal flooding and resiliency that can comment on a number of key topics like sea-level rise and more frequent powerful storms and their impact on infrastructure and transportation.

Jennifer Jacobs，土木与环境工程教授

jennifer.jacobs@0662hao.com; (603) 862-0635

Jacobs is a leading expert on the effect of flooding and its impact on coastal resiliency and infrastructure. She can talk about related issues that are threatening areas along the coast—like sea-level rise, flooding and snowmelt—and the challenges faced by residents and town officials dealing with related destruction caused by the endless wear and tear like pavement erosion, potholes, 桥梁和海堤受损. 雅各布斯的一些研究集中在所谓的“滋扰性洪水”上,这种情况在涨潮或大风时发生在岸边的道路上. It found that in the past 20 years roads along the East Coast have experienced a 90 percent increase in flooding often making the roads in these communities impassable and causing delays, 压力和影响货物和服务的运输. Jacob was the lead author of the transportation chapter for the fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) that offered insight into the challenges of climate change on U.S. infrastructure—the backbone of economic activity—to perform reliably, safely and efficiently.

Jo Sias，土木与环境工程教授

Jo.Sias@0662hao.com

New England roadways are becoming more vulnerable due to increasingly wetter winters, hot summers, intense tropical storms, 海平面持续上升，洪水增多, 所有这些都导致道路遭受重创. Sias是道路韧性方面的专家 研究着眼于气候变化危害的方式和原因, 比如高温和洪水泛滥, are causing roads to crumble and crack and looking for ways to protect them. The focus of the work is to understand the combined hazards of flooding from above and below the road. The goal is to create high-resolution models to study the effects of sea-level rise on roadways as well as develop a toolkit to help assess the effectiveness of alternatives. Sias可以对气候变化的影响发表评论, 洪水和海平面上升对基础设施和道路造成影响, like erosion, 坑坑洼洼，甚至是创纪录的高温软化的沥青.

玛丽·斯坦朋，地理学副教授

Mary.Stampone@0662hao.com; (603) 862-3136

作为新罕布什尔州的气候学家, 斯坦朋提供新罕布什尔州的公民, educators and agencies with weather and climate information in support of environmental management and planning activities. She is a co-author of the 新罕布什尔州沿海洪水风险总结第1部分:科学 that found sea-level rise along the coast in New Hampshire and southern Maine has risen almost 8 inches in the last century impacting coastal property, public infrastructure, human health, public safety, economy and natural resources especially during nor’easters and high astronomical tides. She was also co-author of the 2021 N.H. Climate Assessment Report which points to a warmer and longer spring and fall and shows that annual rainfall is expected to increase another 7% to 9% by the middle of the century. Stampone’s research interests include climate system monitoring and applied climate science with a focus on regional climate variability and change.