Section view of a wave-taming, biodiversity-fostering breakwater structure developed as part of the Living Breakwaters project for Lower New York Bay. (Courtesy SCAPE) The Living Breakwaters ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Against the backdrop of Staten Island’s South Shore, a towering red crane stands tall on a construction barge, moving behemoth stones to the fifth of eight “Living Breakwaters” ...

Each year, the Obel Award jury establishes a specific focus area, with this cycle’s being “adaptation.” Per the 2023 jury statement, Living Breakwaters, which takes form as a near-shore necklace of ...

FORT WALTON BEACH — As part of a major project slated to be completed in May, Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance members and partners on Thursday began installing the first segment of shore-protecting and ...

NARRAGANSETT – On a recent overcast morning fisherman Mike Marchetti boards his vessel Mister G, a 50-foot lobster boat converted into a scalloper, and gently pulls out of the Port of Galilee’s UU ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Hurricane Sandy hit the borough in October 2012, it took the lives of 24 Staten Islanders, demolishing homes and businesses, due largely to the storm's surge. While ...

Imagine 10 habitat bird islands off of North Beach to the left of the USS Lexington Museum on the Bay. The islands are filled with trees and chirping native birds. Tourists and locals often take boat ...

Local and state officials celebrated the completion of the $73 million Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization Project, which promises to preserve 2.2 miles of shoreline from severe erosion, ...

The Breakers easement request would be the final step in its Breakwater project. Town staff warned Town Council against making a decision, with Public Works Director Paul Brazil noting that staff ...

Jefferson Parish will build 17 rock jetties along the northern shore of Grand Isle, completing a project designed to help protect the island from storm surge and reduce coastal erosion. Using a $6.5 ...

The environmental department on Wednesday announced that it has put plans to construct 15 reef breakwaters along the Larnaca coastline on hold, citing concerns about the potential harm to the region’s ...

MANGALORE: Beach enthusiasts in Mangaluru have demanded for a proper scientific study on construction of breakwaters along the coast which they blame has affected the beach width. Yathish Baikampady, ...