FIU takes a lead in building environmental resilience

FIU’s commitment to environmental resilience has roots in the understanding that nature and the built world are integrally intertwined. The loss of species, rising seas that flood urban areas and droughts that jeopardize food crops have a common denominator in changes taking place around the planet.

Florida International University's College of Arts, Sciences & Education is working with the community to restore and maintain the Everglades.

At FIU, projects to ensure sustainability involve experts in multiple fields collaborating across disciplines. Millions of dollars in funded research for work related to coral reef and shark protection around the world, Florida Everglades restoration and Biscayne Bay recovery have pushed FIU’s earth and environmental sciences researchers to among the most highly published on the subject (No. 1 in the U.S. among universities less than 50 years old, No. 23 in that category globally, per Nature Index rankings).

With a recognition of deep interconnectedness across a host of growing problems and potential solutions, FIU scientists and students are taking a hopeful approach by putting their knowledge and ingenuity to the test in the interest of us all.