Our Work Is Local, but Our Impact Is Global

Powering knowledge-driven resilience action with intelligent, integrated models and user-oriented tools.

The DataX and Model INTegration components of the PT2050 program aim to design and build data systems and integrated modeling capabilities that connect with leading edge, high performance computing facilities. The cyberinfrastructure research prioritizes the development of compute capabilities such that technology is reusable, scalable, and understandable by non-traditional advanced computing user groups and continues to be helpful to advanced HPC users in the PT2050 community.  Core services for data and models are designed to meet operational levels that are reliable for researchers with 24/7 technical support.  

Partnering with frontline communities to research and identify youth experiences with, and responses to, environmental shocks and stressors.

Spanning across a wide range of climatic regimes, Texas relies on water extracted from rivers and aquifers within its own borders. Climate change and population growth are adding unprecedented stress on Texas waters and other types of natural resources. Quantifying the nexus between natural resources, energy generation, and food production is critically important for sustainable regional planning. This need also echoes one of the primary pillars of PT2050—Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of water availability and other natural resources, in relation to energy production and urban demands. 

When hurricanes strike the coast of Texas, one of the more significant, but often overlooked, challenges is the logistics of patient evacuation.  The complex process of choosing staging areas, hospitals to receive patients, and the resources needed for transport are further complicated by the uncertainty of hurricane forecasting.

Preparing for floods and heat waves by designing new maps and tools that can be used by first responders, neighborhood associations, city governments, and planners.

Reimagining more equitable and resource-efficient metropolitan areas while safeguarding the food, fiber, fuel, and water that people and the planet depend on.  

Pioneering new methods to explain and predict changes in ecosystems by monitoring wildlife, weather, soil, disease-carrying pathogens, and more to better understand the effects of climate change and human activity on nature and human health.

Reexamining the past to inspire a new vision of human resilience and effective response to the climate crisis.