Month February 2026


C&IS Researcher is Connecting Communication and Hydrology 

Each year, communities across Alabama are faced with the possibility of water-related emergencies like floods, droughts, hurricanes and extreme storms. Before the public is alerted, there is work that goes into how information about natural disasters is distributed for optimal safety to those that could be affected. That is where someone like Travis Loof, Ph.D., comes into play.  Loof is a social and communication scientist for the Cooperative Institute…