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New breakwater designs and more sustainable materials can cut the carbon cost of coastal defences by 40%.
The Army Corps of Engineers is planning a sea wall 6 miles long and flood gates. The infrastructure might protect downtown from a hurricane storm surge, but most of the area will still be vulnerable.
Despite their enormous value, mangroves are being removed at an alarming rate. A new tool aims to help communities reverse mangrove loss and tap into conservation programs and funding.
Some of our coastal defences are in desperate need of preservation and could be transformed into tourist attractions.
A new study estimates that mangroves prevent over $65 billion in damage from coastal storms every year, and says mangrove protection should be funded in the same way as infrastructure like seawalls.
A new report shows that coral reefs reduce damage from floods across the United States and its trust territories by more than $1.8 billion every year – and pinpoints that value state by state.
Rising sea levels won’t be solved by trying to fix the coast in place. For a defence from coastal flooding, we need to step back.
Coastal development is destroying marshes, mangroves and other wetlands that provide valuable protection from hurricanes and storms. Research shows these benefits can be worth millions of dollars.
How do the narrow ribbons of sand that line the Atlantic and Gulf coasts withstand the force of hurricanes? The answer lies in their shape-shifting abilities.
Many US coastal towns are building defenses to protect against rising seas and storms. This can encourage people to stay in place when they should be moving inland.
Cities would suffer much less damage and avoid the huge financial losses if we designed them to cope with the effects of cyclones.
The real risk is from sudden storms – but there are ways to limit the damage, if cities start planning now.
Many properties are at risk from rising sea levels, with owners and councils at odds over the costs of defending these. NSW law reform may lead to more forward-looking climate change adaptation.
Managing the impacts of rising seas for some communities is being made more difficult by the actions of governments, homeowners – and even some well-intentioned climate adaptation experts.
But sandy beaches aren’t just tourist eye candy – they’re a vital defence against coastal erosion.
Unless something is done to curb erosion, Ghana’s coast could soon whither away.
Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney’s decision, revealed this week, to order a Brisbane council to remove future sea-level rise from its planning regulations seems a rather short-sighted thing to do…
Coral reefs: fragile, delicate, and in danger? Actually coral reefs can be the first line in defence against incoming storms, reducing the power of incoming waves by 97%, even during hurricane-force winds…
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Professor of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Reader in Physical Geography, University of Dundee
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Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, East Carolina University
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Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Engineering, Auburn University
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Lead - Pilot Deployments Program (AIMS); Professor (Queensland University of Technology; Adjunct), Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Program Head, Public Policy and Coastal Sustainability, UNC Coastal Studies Institute, East Carolina University
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Research Associate, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Professor Spatial Transformation, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen
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Lecturer in Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Science, University of California, Santa Cruz