Coastal communities restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas and storm surges

Rebuilding coastlines with nature to hold back the rising seas

Coastal cities across the U.S. are restoring marshes, dunes, reefs, and barrier islands to buffer against climate-driven sea-level rise and increasingly destructive storms.Tammy Webber reports for The Associated Press.In short:Louisiana canceled a $3 billion land restoration project after pushback from the fishing industry, but other large-scale efforts using sediment, marshes, and reefs continue across the Gulf Coast.On the Pacific coast, resto…

Communities restore coastlines to protect against rising seas

In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the New York and New Jersey coasts, beaches ravaged by Superstorm Sandy underwent extensive restoration. In Alabama, a rebuilt spit of land is shielding a historic town and providing wildlife habitat. Read more...

Alabama among coastal states restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas

In Bayou La Batre, Alabama — a fishing village built in the late 1700s — The Nature Conservancy built breakwaters offshore, then pumped in sediment and built ridges, now covered with vegetation.

Coastal Communities Restoring Marshes, Dunes, Reefs to ...

Coastal communities restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas and storm surges

Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to restore and protect their shorelines as climate change causes more intense and destructive storms and leads to sea-level rise that puts tens of millions of people at risk.

Coastal communities restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas

Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to restore and protect their shorelines as climate change causes more intense and destructive storms and leads to sea-level rise that puts tens of millions of people at risk