Jetties Blamed For Beach Erosion, Montauk NY
The next winter storm is threatening to wash away beach-side homes in Montauk. Concerned residents, however, are not blaming Mother Nature, but rather jetties built by the Army Corps of Engineers about 20 years ago.
First Artificial Island to Be Built In The Americas
Boskalis is sourcing the sand for the land reclamation process from its own borrow area…
50 Houses on Kiawah Sand
A documentary about proposed development at south end of Kiawah Island, produced by Mary Edna Fraser and Celie Dailey. Includes interviews with Dr. Orrin Pilkey, Professor of Earth Scieces at Duke University, and Nancy Vinson, Coastal Conservation League’s Program Director for Air and Water Quality.
Norfolk, Virginia, Tackles Rise in Sea
Like many other cities, Norfolk was built on filled-in marsh.
The Last house of Sinking Chesapeake Bay Island
The story was strange enough to be a child’s fable: In an isolated section of the Chesapeake Bay, there was a two-story Victorian house that seemed to emerge directly from the water. And, scurrying around it, there was a retiree, trying to keep the house from falling in.
From the East and West Coasts, a Game Plan on Sea Level Rise
New York State and California are creating blueprints for how governments should plan, and pay for, a wholesale retreat from the shoreline in anticipation of a possible rise in sea level of three or four feet or more by 2100.
Potentially devastating impacts of major coastal developments, Australia
100 major coastal developments were proposed for the Queensland coast, with potentially devastating impacts.
Battling Flood issues, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
The coastal city of Port of Spain, was built on mud flats and reclaimed lands from the sea. At high tide, with virtually a drizzle, the city is prone to major flooding.
Lagos Expansion Into Atlantic Ocean, Nigeria
By 2016, Lagos will get a new city to be built on nine million square metres of reclaimed land about 2.4 kilometres into the Atlantic Ocean, south of Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island.