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An Old Solution, with a Twist: Michele Barbato on Earth Blocks and Wildfire Resilience

August 26, 2022
Silhouettes of people against a raging wildfire

How are today’s engineers making infrastructure more resilient to climate change? In this Civil Engineering Magazine story, CITRIS Climate faculty director Dr. Michele Barbato discusses his work on compressed and stabilized earth blocks, and how they can be used to combat increasing wildfire risk throughout the U.S.

Read more on the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) website