Coastal Ocean Analytics

08/13/2018

Quoted in an article on living shoreline approach for coastal protection https://t.co/EG5zPd5YTJ

Living shorelines provide erosion control while providing shoreline habitat and maintaining coastal processes.

06/20/2018

Senators and introduce the Living Shorelines Act to create grant program for shoreline protection projects https://t.co/M42MvNeMyk

One Connecticut senator is looking to protect the state's coastal communities.

06/06/2018

Retweeted Cedar Island Enviro ():

The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) says the beaches at Rocky Neck State Park, Silver Sands State Park and Chatfield Hollow State Park are closed to swimming due to the presence of indicator bacteria after the recent rain storms

11/15/2017

Norfolk to use Dutch sand engine approach to protect shoreline https://t.co/poTuHtbKZ2

Last month Britain was transfixed by the red sun and yellow skies that accompanied the up to 80mph blasts of Storm Ophelia as she tracked across the country. It was a useful reminder that we are now in the season of high winds, high seas and flooding.

10/04/2017

Retweeted American Beaches ():

Yes! And beaches and dunes. https://t.co/5T1BJ6bIdQ

“The future of coastal communities depends on healthy wetlands, reefs & floodplains to reduce flooding damage. https://t.co/LxV0E9ZVm1”

10/03/2017

Threats to Narragansett Bay marshes https://t.co/XaT8QXGw2I

The Westerly Sun is a local print and digital daily newspaper covering all local news, sports and community events in the Southern Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut area

10/03/2017

Beneficial use of Housatonic dredged material used to renourish beach https://t.co/8Ril4efjhm

STRATFORD - A major dredging project will take nearly 300,000 cubic yards of clean, fine sand from the Housatonic's shallow navigation channel and move it to Connecticut's premier beachfront park. The sand is headed to Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, as the dredging is expected to begin thi...

09/14/2017

Dutch Sand Engine concept to be applied in UK as sustainable coastal protection https://t.co/Rpt7fCeUpo

Bacton Gas Terminal and residents of the surrounding Norfolk villages will benefit from Dutch experience as Royal HaskoningDHV completes the detailed design for

09/07/2017

FEMA flood maps based on current risk - don't include effects of future sea level rise https://t.co/DNF5G4EMTK

Federal maps help determine who on the coast must buy flood insurance, but many don't include the latest data. Maryland is now making its own flood maps, so homeowners can see if they're at risk.

09/07/2017

Will Houston change its development practices or become the "flood capital of the United States"? https://t.co/GnaOhW9yMN

Tropical Storm Harvey is the third major flood in southeast Texas in three years. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, flood expert Philip Bedient says the region will remain vulnerable to disasters if communities don’t rebuild with climate change in mind.

08/22/2017

Dredged material used to restore Chesapeake Bay marsh https://t.co/LRlseuW2sI

The 40-acre project demonstrates how a key part of Delmarva's habitat, its marshlands, can survive rising seas and sinking land, officials say.

08/08/2017

Retweeted Save the Sound ():

Head to our FB page at 1pm for a special live broadcast! announcing new bill to ! https://t.co/5I3CGQu1Qu

08/01/2017

Beneficial use of dredged material can restore marshes - mitigating vegetation loss and erosion https://t.co/1FNySf3kUZ

Those 44 acres, which are home to oyster catchers, laughing gulls, egrets, herons, rails, and dowitchers, are experiencing a rejuvenation funded by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife

07/24/2017

Communities likely to be increasingly faced with protect homes or save beach decisions https://t.co/3RnSXOob59

Del Mar's walkable beach could vanish completely by 2050

07/20/2017

Plan to protect Stonington from sea level rise & storm surge proposes mix of green and traditional coastal solutions https://t.co/geUhoAfnO2

Stonington — A few weeks before the final report is released, the firm developing a plan to help the town protect its assets from sea

07/19/2017

Communities must balance costs with challenges of increased coastal flooding https://t.co/4pabDcTWOF

See if you will be affected.

06/16/2017

Judge denies Garden Homes' appeal of Westport P&Z decision on 8-30g complex. analysis quoted in decision https://t.co/vsSZZwZM3n

P&Z wins; Garden Homes loses

06/16/2017

Helping climate deniers find solutions to effects of climate change https://t.co/7tKBF0V1SU

Scientists, skeptics, crabbers and pastors try to find common ground, offering a glimmer of hope for a divided country

06/16/2017

The Dutch: climate change is not hypothetical or economic drag - it's an opportunity. Leaders in resilient solutions https://t.co/mfVMSRvVdP

In the waterlogged Netherlands, climate change is considered neither a hypothetical nor a drag on the economy. Instead, it’s an opportunity.

06/08/2017

Massive salt water marsh restoration project planned for Wellfleet https://t.co/4oKZvzNIYX

A massive salt marsh restoration project is in place on Cape Cod.

05/19/2017

Seattle's seawall protects infrastructure while providing habitat for aquatic species https://t.co/zvl02ynsuk

A segment of the new Seattle seawall. The sidewalk’s light-penetrating glass panels let light through to the water below to encourage young salmon to migrate along the engineered shoreline.

05/09/2017

05/09/2017

Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series presents Liz Cunningham, author of Ocean Country @ UConn Avery PT @ 7:30 tonight https://t.co/1IYoI85U1F

Public lectures on coastal issues. Lecture series is FREE and open to the public. Lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Lectures are held in the UConn Aver...

05/05/2017

Retweeted American Beaches ():

CA Supreme Court case weighs seawalls, climate change https://t.co/tGPLMzwp5G via

The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case that could affect how much the Coastal Commission can prepare for sea level rise.

05/05/2017

Study identifies Stonington's vulnerabilities to 100-year coastal storms https://t.co/8HQfFIaqc3

The Westerly Sun is a local print and digital daily newspaper covering all local news, sports and community events in the Southern Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut area

05/04/2017

5-year aerial study initiated of erosion rates due to climate change in remote Welsh coastal areas https://t.co/LcPyjKyrLL

Aerial project aims to find out how quickly coastal areas are disappearing due to erosion.

05/04/2017

Completing last 30ft of seawall near Ocean Mist challenging for engineers https://t.co/vHW8YImeM6

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The fragility of the Ocean Mist is testing the creativity of engineers and the contractor installing a seawall along

04/26/2017

Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project awarded RESTORE funding from the FL DEP https://t.co/Iu8by5nmRW

The Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project has been awarded more than $217,000 in RESTORE grant funding from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. According to a statement from Escambia

04/21/2017

Retweeted NHCAW ():

Join us 4 a free intro workshop to Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience on May 16 at the ! https://t.co/wyczuIyxiM

04/13/2017

Retweeted American Beaches ():

"Opinions are great for arguments, but scientific facts are crucial for solutions" https://t.co/htIo60GmJG

Years – even decades – of experience has proven that sound science is essential for sound coastal management and protection. So any efforts to undercut coastal science, either by cuts in funding or a general dismissive attitude – is cause for concern.