-
Join 39 other subscribers
Archives
Monthly Archives: August 2011
One more weekend left to show us your favorite beach!
More excellent submissions to our Favorite New England Beach Photo Contest have been pouring in , but the end of the summer is drawing near and so is the contest deadline. So far we have 47 entries. Here are the … Continue reading
Post-Irene Report
I love Irene, God knows I do I’ll love her till the seas run dry And if Irene turns her back on me I’d take morphine and die Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene I’ll see you in … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal erosion, favorite New England beaches photo contest, flooding, planning, sediment management, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach grass, beach nourishment, beach projects, beach restoration, beaches, Cape Cod, coastal, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, dune restoration, favorite beach, flooding, hurricane, Irene, photo contest, storm
2 Comments
Show us your favorite beach!
As the Labor Day Weekend deadline for our Favorite New England Beach Photo Contest draws near, we thought it would be a good time to showcase all of the great entries we’ve received so far (and encourage you to keep … Continue reading
Coastal erosion abatement? It happened.
An interesting case in Newburyport, MA sees a handful of homes receiving 15% property tax abatements for loss of property and the “environmental stigma” of eroding shorelines. “the evidence reflects that conditions on or reported about severe erosion on Plum … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, climate change, coastal erosion, favorite New England beaches photo contest, flooding, planning, sea-level rise, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach nourishment, beach projects, beach restoration, beaches, climate change, coastal, coastal development, coastal erosion, coastal infrastructure, favorite beach, funding beach projects, New England, photo contest, planning, sea-level rise, vulnerability
Leave a comment
What’s the erosion forecast?
Safer levees and bridges thanks to new erosion and scour detector. Development and testing is proceeding on a new device that can measure the potential for erosion and scour in subsurface soils without ever having to excavate and remove a … Continue reading
Cape Cod Beaches Eroding At Alarming Rate | WBUR
We’ve written about the astounding erosion rates around the Cape before, but a quote from a Dennis resident in this WBUR article speaks to the tangible consequences of sea-level rise and interrupted sand transport systems on coastal communities: What this … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, climate change, coastal erosion, favorite New England beaches photo contest, sea-level rise, shoreline erosion
Tagged beach nourishment, beach restoration, beaches, Cape Cod, climate change, coastal development, coastal erosion, favorite beach, photo contest, sea-level rise
Leave a comment
FEMA stresses climate change impacts a THIRD time
How many times does a federal agency have to say something before it is taken seriously? Apparently, three times over multiple decades may not be enough. Recently, a New York Times article titled “Flood-Prone Land Likely to Increase by 45% … Continue reading
2Fathom 