Artificial structures like concrete breakwaters to protect shorelines seem to offer a quicker fix than natural reefs for corals devastated by bleaching events, say Japanese researchers studying how ...

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 ...

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” ...

PORT WASHINGTON (WITI) -- Signs have been posted along the breakwaters in Port Washington's harbor warning people to walk at their own risk. This, as the breakwaters have become a danger. The signs ...

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 ...

The coastline in Oroklini is facing significant erosion, Oroklini deputy mayor Neophytos Fakonti and Larnaca technical services head Neophytoula Angelidou said on Tuesday.“There are problems with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...