VALLE

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Planet Texas 2050 presents a look into South Texas - Rio Grande Valley water crisis. Alongside collaborators in the lower Rio Grande Valley, research scientists at The University of Texas at Austin are working to create integrated models and tools to address a range of compounding and cascading impacts due to climate change–from intensified flooding to increased risk of soil, water, and insect-borne disease transmission. The AI-enabled Model Integration Flagship harnesses the predictive capacity of high-powered computing and the wealth of knowledge within local communities and historical archives to provide actionable information to communities and to preserve and protect the people, cultures, and landscapes of this region.