The Nurture Nature Center’s social science research team recently wrapped up a national research study of the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center’s (WPC) Winter Storm Severity Index (WSSI), and we are excited to share our findings and reports. Conducted from 2020 to 2023, the mixed-methods social science study used scenario-based virtual focus groups, surveys... Read More -
New Social Science Research Study Strives to Reach Audiences Vulnerable to Flooding and Underserved by the National Weather Service; Focus Groups Start in North Dakota and Nebraska In September 2022, the Nurture Nature Center received a new social science research grant from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration entitled “Expanding Audiences, Removing Barriers, Promoting Action:... Read More -
Dr. David Brandes shared research he and his students and colleagues have undertaken about the factors that influence flash flood susceptibility along the Delaware, including development but also factors such as geology, soils, wetlands and terrain. Read More -
Nurture Nature Center shares social science research on improving the use of probabilistic hydrologic information in decision-making at the American Meteorological Society’s 100th Annual Meeting NNC Executive Director Rachel Hogan (right) and Science Director Kathryn Semmens (left) at the 100th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting in Boston, MA in January 2020. Rachel Hogan and Kathryn... Read More -
NNC invites all residents, business owners, municipal officials and other community leaders to participate in our CREATE Resilience Community Forum and Exhibit Opening on September 26th from 6-8:30 pm. We welcome guest speaker Dr. William Solecki from the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast to present on climate change and resilience. Read More -
The project, CREATE Resilience: Community Resilience through Education, Art, Technology and Engagement, will support a four-year education project that will work with teens and adults in Easton, Wilson and Bangor to help develop knowledge and a community vision for resilience. Read More -
Forty teachers from as far as Harrisburg and Philadelphia participated in the 6 Degrees of Connection Educator Workshop held at NNC. The workshop was part of the 6 Degrees of Connection project funded through a NASA grant to NNC that aims to increase knowledge and interest in STEM topics and careers in middle school students... Read More -
NNC’s ongoing research into the public response to flood and hydrologic forecasts was highlighted in three separate presentations at the 2018 annual American Meteorological Society conference in Austin, Texas this week. Executive Director Rachel Hogan Carr presented on NNC’s work with the Weather Prediction Center of the National Weather Service (NWS), which focused on improving... Read More -
Nurture Nature Center is proud to announce its recognition by the National Weather Service as a 2017 Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador of Excellence. Read More -
Since 2012, Nurture Nature Center has conducted a series of social science research studies on the ways that residents and emergency managers in flood-prone communities throughout the Eastern United States use various flood forecast products issued by NWS, to help make recommendations for how they can be improved to become easier to understand and more... Read More -