by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 7, 2015 | Winter 2015
Taking on Coastal Erosion in the Less-Developed World Traditional fisheries, improvised communities bear brunt of the impacts It’s a familiar beach scene: a child digs her feet into the wet sand at the water’s edge, bracing herself to create a barrier between her...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 24, 2015 | Winter 2015
Precarious Position – Coastal Real Estate a “Risky” Investment Alyce Kleczek can rattle off stark statistics about sea level rise in Rhode Island. She can help you read a flood map and talk Washington, D.C., politics. Kleczek is not a scientist. Nor...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 24, 2015 | Winter 2015
Preparing Ports to Ride Out the Storm DEVASTATION FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY IN 2012 is still visible along the New Jersey shore, where thousands of houses were swept away or damaged, and it will be years before the destruction is no longer visible. The Port of New York...