By Holly Sproule In June, a team of scientists and researchers from the University of Florida Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS), the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Villanova University and the University of North Carolina Wilmington traveled… Read More
Tag: engineering with nature
Scientists Capture Highly Accurate Dune Changes in Response to Storms
As hurricane season kicks off, scientists continue to keep an eye on how coastal dunes change in response to landfalling hurricanes and storms that pass offshore. A team led by Peter Adams, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geological… Read More
Scientists Develop Techniques for Restoring Dunes Faster
Coastal dunes are one of the first lines of protection for communities and infrastructure on the coast in the face of extreme storm events, sea level rise and other effects of climate change. By adding nutrients to the soil, diversifying… Read More
Green Solution Project to Help Safeguard Marsh from Sea Level Rise
Stakeholders committed to saltmarsh restoration kicked off a thin layer placement project at a planning workshop in St. Augustine last month, part of an Engineering with Nature Project led by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the area.… Read More