Inside a Georgia beach’s high-tech fight against erosion | News Channel 3-12

Inside a Georgia beach’s high-tech fight against erosion | News Channel 3-12

Emily Jones // Grist Inside a Georgia beach’s high-tech fight against erosion At low tide on Tybee Island, Georgia, the beach stretches out as wide as it gets with the small waves breaking far away across the sand — you’ll have a long walk if you want to take a dip. But these conditions are perfect for a team of researchers from the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. Every three months, at low tide, they set out a miniat…