by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 13, 2019 | Fall 2019
A Rising Challenge By Ellen Liberman Photographs by Cate Brown Rhode Island Grapples with the Policy and Practice of Coastal Resiliency With just a few weeks to go, the town of Narragansett was racing to meet a deadline. On March 1, a new state law would radically...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 13, 2019 | Fall 2019
One Block In: Rebuilding after Sandy By Hugh Markey Title Photo by iStock/DepthofField “You’re gone; there’s nothing” John Bellone, owner of the Breezeway Resort, had just recently finished buttoning up his Misquamicut hotel and restaurant after the 2012 season. Water...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 12, 2019 | Fall 2019
Flushing into the Flood Sea Level Rise and Storms Are Changing how Communities Deal with Wastewater By Sue KennedyPhotographs by Jesse Burke Over a hundred years ago, locating the state’s first sewage treatment plant at Providence’s Fields Point, just a few...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 8, 2015 | Winter 2015
The Word is Surge Indstrry experts and marina owners say the nation’s recreational boaters should note one major lesson from the historic $675 million in damages inflicted on them from Superstorm Sandy: Surge, in addition to wind and wave strength, must be factored...