Saturday, June 13, 2020

MSU earns award for GoM TV series

STARKVILLE, Miss. - The University Television Center at Mississippi State University was the recipient of a silver award in TV/Video Series category of the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals’ annual awards program. The project was completed for the Northern Gulf of Mexico Sentinel Site Cooperative (NGOM SSC), a partnership focused on sea-level rise and inundation in the northern Gulf. and one of five cooperatives within NOAA’s Sentinel Site Program. The series includes two sets of videos (1) the first focusing on the science and effect of sea-level rise in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and potential solutions to address or avoid these impacts; and (2) highlights case studies of measures that communities have taken around the Gulf to reduce their vulnerability to sea-level rise. The videos are available for viewing online at http://masgc.org/northern-gulf-of-mexico-sentinel-site-co/resilience-to-future-flooding#vertngom. (Source: MSU 06/12/20)