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Apr 30, 2025

Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

Researchers propose how the National Disaster and Emergency Management University could develop a research office. They identified decision points, options, and considerations for the process of developing this office and ensuring positive impact.

Jessica Jensen, Leah Dion, Katie Wilson, Eileen Young, Rachel Steratore
Video

Apr 28, 2025

What Are the Potential Impacts of Seabed Mining?

The authors discuss China's domination of the critical mineral supply chain, the potential benefits and economic viability of seabed mining for critical minerals, and the need for the United States to incorporate seabed mining into its planning.

Tom LaTourrette, Fabian Villalobos, Elisa Yoshiara, Zohan Hasan Tariq
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Apr 9, 2025

The Potential Impact of Seabed Mining on Critical Mineral Supply Chains and Global Geopolitics

Though nascent, the seabed mining industry might one day substantially affect critical mineral supply chains, developing nations’ revenues, and global geopolitics. In this report, the authors conduct a multi-pronged examination of these issues.

Tom LaTourrette, Fabian Villalobos, Elisa Yoshiara, Zohan Hasan Tariq
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Apr 8, 2025

A Spatial Vision for Palestine: A Long-Term Plan That Can Begin Now

The authors offer a vision for how spatial planning, infrastructure, and resource management in the West Bank and Gaza could better the daily lives of Palestinians now while supporting the evolution of a future Palestinian state.

Shelly Culbertson, C. Ross Anthony, Kobi Ruthenberg, Robert Lane, Shireen Shelleh
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Apr 2, 2025

The High Cost of Producing Multifamily Housing in California: Evidence and Policy Recommendations

In this report, the authors present analyses of a large sample of production cost data for both privately funded, market-rate apartments and publicly subsidized affordable apartments in three states: California, Colorado, and Texas.

Jason M. Ward, Luke Schlake
Research

Mar 31, 2025

Identifying Resilient, Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Los Angeles: How Might Landlords of Single-Family Homes Meet Indoor Temperature Thresholds?

In this report, the authors consider how the County of Los Angeles might develop its maximum indoor temperature threshold ordinance for single-family rental houses across various types of active and passive cooling.

Hye Min Park, Kelly Klima, Sophia Charan, Javier Rojas Aguilera
Research

Mar 3, 2025

The Effects of High-Altitude Nuclear Explosions on Non-Military Satellites

This report summarizes publicly available literature on the effects that high-altitude nuclear explosions in the space and near-space environments could have on nonmilitary satellites.

Don Snyder, Angela Putney, Erin N. Leidy, Gavin S. Hartnett, James Bonomo
Video

Feb 14, 2025

Keeping Los Angeles Renters Cool

In this video, the authors consider how the County of Los Angeles might develop its maximum indoor temperature threshold ordinance for single-family rental houses across various types of active and passive cooling.

Hye Min Park, Kelly Klima, Sophia Charan
Research

Feb 3, 2025

Decarbonizing Aviation with Electrochemical Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities for Carbon Dioxide-Based Solutions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Air Travel

This report describes barriers to large-scale development of electrochemical sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) using captured carbon dioxide. It offers recommendations for philanthropic organizations to support the long-term growth of the SAF market.

Kristin Van Abel, Aimee E. Curtright, Andrew Star, Zara Fatima Abdurahaman, David DeSmet, Sabahat Zafar
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Jan 28, 2025

AI's Power Requirements Under Exponential Growth: Extrapolating AI Data Center Power Demand and Assessing Its Potential Impact on U.S. Competitiveness

The authors provide two extrapolations of recent artificial intelligence trends to assess future power needs, summarize current bottlenecks for data center construction, and discuss what a failure to resolve them could mean for U.S. competitiveness.

Konstantin F. Pilz, Yusuf Mahmood, Lennart Heim
Research

Jan 23, 2025

China's Economic, Scientific, and Information Activities in the Arctic: Benign Activities or Hidden Agenda?

In this report, the authors present an analysis of China's various activities in the Arctic and call special attention to the intelligence collection and military risks that they might present, including the threat signals for these risks.

Stephanie Pezard, Irina A. Chindea, Naoko Aoki, Domenique Lumpkin, Yuliya Shokh
Research

Jan 16, 2025

Ho'okele Mua II, a Wargame on Climate Change and Operational Risk in INDOPACOM

This report describes a wargame intended to aid U.S. Indo-Pacific Command operational planning by allowing players to explore the extent of operational risk that climate change could impose on the joint force in the Indo-Pacific region in the 2040s.

Bryan Rooney, Flannery Dolan, M. Scott Bond, Nicholas Johnson, Alisa Laufer, Clare Porter, David A. Shlapak, Scott R. Stephenson, Sam Wallace, Vanessa Wolf, Emily Yoder

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New Turmoil in Regulating Deep Seabed Mining on the High Seas

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Digital Dams: How U.S.-Brazil AI Cooperation Could Help America's AI Ambitions Flow

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Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

What Are the Potential Impacts of Seabed Mining?

The Potential Impact of Seabed Mining on Critical Mineral Supply Chains and Global Geopolitics

A Spatial Vision for Palestine: A Long-Term Plan That Can Begin Now

The High Cost of Producing Multifamily Housing in California: Evidence and Policy Recommendations

Identifying Resilient, Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Los Angeles: How Might Landlords of Single-Family Homes Meet Indoor Temperature Thresholds?

The Effects of High-Altitude Nuclear Explosions on Non-Military Satellites

Keeping Los Angeles Renters Cool

Decarbonizing Aviation with Electrochemical Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities for Carbon Dioxide-Based Solutions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Air Travel

AI's Power Requirements Under Exponential Growth: Extrapolating AI Data Center Power Demand and Assessing Its Potential Impact on U.S. Competitiveness

China's Economic, Scientific, and Information Activities in the Arctic: Benign Activities or Hidden Agenda?

Ho'okele Mua II, a Wargame on Climate Change and Operational Risk in INDOPACOM

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New Turmoil in Regulating Deep Seabed Mining on the High Seas

The Case for Sustaining Wastewater Surveillance Capabilities in the U.S.

Digital Dams: How U.S.-Brazil AI Cooperation Could Help America's AI Ambitions Flow

Energy and Environment Briefs, Reports, and Testimonies

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Developing an Office of Disaster Research and Innovation: A Process, Questions, and Options for the National Disaster and Emergency Management University

What Are the Potential Impacts of Seabed Mining?

The Potential Impact of Seabed Mining on Critical Mineral Supply Chains and Global Geopolitics

A Spatial Vision for Palestine: A Long-Term Plan That Can Begin Now

The High Cost of Producing Multifamily Housing in California: Evidence and Policy Recommendations

Identifying Resilient, Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Los Angeles: How Might Landlords of Single-Family Homes Meet Indoor Temperature Thresholds?

The Effects of High-Altitude Nuclear Explosions on Non-Military Satellites

Keeping Los Angeles Renters Cool

Decarbonizing Aviation with Electrochemical Fuels: Challenges and Opportunities for Carbon Dioxide-Based Solutions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Air Travel

AI's Power Requirements Under Exponential Growth: Extrapolating AI Data Center Power Demand and Assessing Its Potential Impact on U.S. Competitiveness

China's Economic, Scientific, and Information Activities in the Arctic: Benign Activities or Hidden Agenda?

Ho'okele Mua II, a Wargame on Climate Change and Operational Risk in INDOPACOM

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