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A proposed sea wall designed to protect the Charleston peninsula from rising seas and storm surges is heading toward the next step of development, but local advocacy groups want alternatives weighed before a commitment is made. The Charleston Water Coalition (CWC), a recently formed group of local leaders, environmental and preservation advocates, engineers, business owners… Read More
The nearly $1 million that Oregon legislators approved so ocean researchers can help Oregon better understand and monitor ocean changes is starting to make its way to researchers. Last year, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 3114, which allocated the funds to the Oregon Ocean Science Trust to address ocean acidification and hypoxia and the… Read More
ASHTABULA — The Nature Conservancy in Ohio (TNC) and the city of Ashtabula recently wrapped up a three-year project to restore beach and dune habitat at Walnut Beach Park. With funding made possible through the Ohio Environmental Protect Agency, parts of the 28-acre park now boast a more natural setting, similar to what once dominated… Read More
In a state renowned for idyllic vacations, Florida Bay — spanning more than 1,000 square miles between the tip of the Florida peninsula and the Florida Keys — is the cream of the crop. With islands stretching between turquoise water brimming with manatees, dolphins, and coral reefs, tourists flock here in droves, and they are… Read More
67,000 cubic metres of aggregate will be dumped on beach to protect hospital, other infrastructure An $11.6-million plan to slow the erosion of a vulnerable section of coastline in Quebec’s Magdalen Islands will involve dumping thousands of tonnes of gravel on a beach that is being rapidly eaten away by the tumultuous waters of the Gulf of St…. Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. (Jan. 31, 2022) – The Water Institute was proud to support the development of the state’s first ever Louisiana Climate Action Plan which received unanimous approval from the Climate Initiatives Task Force this morning. According to the Governor’s release this afternoon, “Louisiana’s Plan contains a balanced set of recommendations to limit the… Read More
ENGLEWOOD — Stump Pass is being dredged into shape. Barring any unforeseen weather or other delays, the $2.2 million maintenance dredging project could be completed as early as March 15 or early April, said Michael Poff, president of Coastal Engineering Consultants, the firm overseeing the project for Charlotte County. The Atlantic and Gulf Dredging and… Read More
Dredging operations on Cravath and Trippe Lakes began on February 2 in the city of Whitewater, Wisconsin, as part of the lakes drawdown project. after several weeks Preparation With a controlled burn, laying of ice and vegetation skins and wood mats on top, Stout Construction was able to remove dredged material from both lakes last… Read More
NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Oregon State University, and their partners are developing a drone-based, machine learning system to detect and identify marine debris along the coast. In December 2021, the researchers used beaches near Corpus Christi, Texas, to evaluate devices for the system and refine detection methods. Marine debris, also known… Read More
The United States currently produces almost no electricity from wind farms in ocean waters. That’s about to change—fast. State leaders have spent years laying the groundwork: requiring their utilities to purchase set amounts of offshore power by certain dates, investing in ports and transmission infrastructure and setting up workforce training programs. As a quickly growing… Read More
The beaches are eroding, the dunes are disappearing, properties are becoming more vulnerable. None of that is new. But for Flagler County, quantifying it is new, and quantifying the full cost of slowing that erosion is newer still. Flagler County Commissioners heard that cost today: $6.3 million a year, in today’s dollars, year after year…. Read More
When the team at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies started a project last fall to restore Hallam Lake to past glory, they weren’t 100% certain how wildlife would react. The lake was drained to a low level so that hundreds of cubic yards of Chara algae, goose poop and sediment could be dredged by heavy… Read More
A new whitepaper was released today that addresses the most pressing digital transformation challenges for shipbuilding executives and how to identify and resolve them. Victoria, Canada – (Feb. 8, 2022) – SSI, the shipbuilding solution company, has released a new whitepaper for shipbuilding executives entitled “Tackling Roadblocks to Achieve True Shipbuilding Digital Transformation,” outlining the… Read More
A trend toward rapidly intensifying, powerful hurricanes in recent years is spurring experts to examine more closely how to prepare communities to better withstand such violent weather, Andrew Freedman writes in Axios Generate. Driving the news: The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded about $13 million over four years to Florida International University’s (FIU)… Read More
Frustration with port delays and supply chain disruptions saw ocean shipping reform legislation pass the House by a bipartisan vote of 364-60 last December. Now similar legislation has been introduced in the Senate by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D.-Minn.), a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee and Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition… Read More