Tag: Nature-based solutions

By Sharon Ryan Coastal resilience depends on solutions that work in the real world and can scale to meet growing challenges, Chris Shepard, Ph.D., director of science for The Nature Conservancy’s Oceans and Coasts program, told attendees at the UF Center for Coastal Solutions Annual Summit on December 12, 2025.  Shepard highlighted the Scaling Up Nature-Based Solutions (SUNS) program, which […]

By Megan Sam A five-year, $7 million project funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is launching in St. Augustine with an ambitious goal: to strengthen shoreline resilience and restore degraded wetlands and dunes using nature-based solutions — approaches that harness natural processes to deliver environmental, social and economic benefits. Led by Andrew Altieri, […]

St. Augustine, Florida provided a picturesque backdrop for the inaugural Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) 2024 Partner Symposium from May 22 to 24, which brought together 170 members from 28 network partners from across the country to forge deeper connections while learning about one another’s work to implement nature-based solutions or “actions to protect, sustainably manage, or restore […]

More than 60 University of Florida engineering alumni gathered at the Governor’s House Cultural Center and Museum in St. Augustine on December 13 to learn about the Center for Coastal Solutions’ (CCS) research to address coastal challenges faced by the city.    “What struck me is just how many of the UF alumni at the event […]

Welcome Dr. Beatriz Marin-Diaz! Dr. Beatriz Marin-Diaz joined the Center for Coastal Solutions (CCS) and Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) as a Postdoctoral Associate in March 2022. Beatriz will be working alongside Dr. Christine Angelini and Dr. Andrew Altieri on a CCS project focused on Tyndall Airforce Base near Panama City, Florida. […]