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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nLauren Bosche is a Research Physical Scientist with the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). She works with the Cold Regions work unit in the Engineering With Nature program. Ms. Bosche was an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Participant with CRREL for a year before joining CRREL\u2019s Biogeochemical Sciences Branch in 2022. Lauren works in the management, analysis, and visualization of geospatial data and is interested in the use of remote sensing in environmental characterization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
When you think of Engineering With Nature, you may picture a beach nourishment project along the Gulf Coast, or a dredged material project exploring beneficial use of the material on the Mississippi River. But EWN in cold regions \u2013 above the Arctic Circle? Maybe it is still hard to picture that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet there are significant, growing risks to communities in cold regions and the Arctic, especially considering permafrost thaw, reductions in sea ice, and some of the fastest coastal erosion on earth. There are significant opportunities here too– such as working with Indigenous communities to preserve history and conduct research to successfully navigate challenges of data scarcity and working conditions in remote environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new EWN Cold Regions project team is working closely with communities to explore application of EWN approaches in these unique frontiers. This webinar will introduce two pilot projects in the Cold Regions work unit: Point Hope in Alaska and St. Croix Island in Maine. Lauren will share progress made in site characterization and identifying resilient solutions and the team’s vision for next steps in Cold Regions EWN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n