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West Coast
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CA - Highway 37 marsh restoration gets $50 million state boost

The state has allocated $50 million to support tidal marsh restoration and the replacement of a flood-prone bridge as part of the planned Highway 37 overhaul east of Sears Point.

International
Engineering

UK - New funding for research project investigating how AI could fight coastal erosion

Swansea University research into how artificial intelligence could be used to help tackle coastal flooding has just secured a major funding boost.

Southeast
Engineering

FL - $200000 state grant awarded to Craven County for living shoreline, a natural shoreline protecter

A state grant will be utilized to stabilize 300 feet of a coastal waterline at the Hwy 17/70 bridge on-off ramp, using natural materials.

Gulf of Mexico
Engineering

LA - Outgoing Gov. Edwards unveils historic coastal protection master plan

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In his final meeting with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Governor John Bel Edwards presented a draft spending plan aimed at combating land loss in Louisiana.

Gulf of Mexico
Engineering

FL - Cedar Key’s living shorelines show study success after hurricane impact

In the days after Hurricane Idalia made landfall, a brief camera sweep of the Cedar Key landscape gave a glimpse of hope for two viewers of The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore, watching from their inland evacuation spots.

Northeast
Engineering

MD - Four Living Shoreline Projects Enhance Climate Resilience in Anne Arundel County

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently helped complete four living shoreline projects in Anne Arundel County that are designed to protect communities from erosion and flooding.

International
Engineering

UK - Remote Essex island 'lets the sea in' to create new saltmarsh in fight against climate change

Major works to create and retain swathes of new saltmarsh habitat on a remote Essex island have reached a major milestone, providing a lifeline for the land and its wildlife in a changing climate and in light of rising sea levels.

International
Engineering

TU - Tuvalu seeks more than $1 billion for land reclamation survival plan

Tuvalu, a low-lying Pacific atoll nation an arm’s length above high tide, will seek more than U.S. $1 billion for a land reclamation plan that’s crucial to surviving projected sea-level rise, Finance Minister Seve Paeniu said.

Southeast
Engineering

FL - Public comment sought on Key Biscayne Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is working on a study that will address coastal storm damages and risks in the Village of Key Biscayne, Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Gulf of Mexico
Engineering

LA - Federal infrastructure and coastal restoration aid continues flowing to Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Sen. Bill Cassidy says millions of dollars from the federal infrastructure law recently flowed to the state and some of it will help the fight against coastal erosion.

International
Engineering

Ireland - Concern coastal erosion could lead to sea water engulfing Cork village

Councillors told several areas of land along the region’s coastline are being eaten away by storms and rising sea levels

Southeast
Engineering

SC - Army Corps Project will Benefit Barrier Island Beaches

Work is expected to begin in January on a $10 million U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project that will bring much-needed sand to the beaches at both the Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island.

Mid-Atlantic
Engineering

NC - Showing winter isn't just for Santa, nourishment projects start at Wilmington-area beaches

The beach-building work takes place during late fall and winter to limit impacts to tourists, marine life, and nesting shorebirds and sea turtles.

Northeast
Engineering

NJ - Things look dire for Strathmere as beach project begins

UPPER TOWNSHIP — Pumping has begun to add sand to beaches in the south end of Ocean City, part of a $33.7 million federal contract, but about a mile and a half south, things are looking desperate in the north end of the Strathmere section of Upper Township.

Northeast
Engineering

NJ - $3.2M study will reevaluate how to protect this stretch of Jersey Shore beaches

A $3.2 million study will help re-assess how federal engineers protect 21 miles worth of beaches at the Jersey Shore, federal officials said this week.

Mid-Atlantic
Engineering

NC - Beach renourishment project kicking off in Wrightsville Beach next month

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — Beach renourishment is scheduled to begin in Wrightsville Beach next month.

Pacific Northwest
Engineering

OR - El Nino and climate change reshaping Oregon beaches, experts seek nature-based solutions

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Beach erosion is a natural process that continues to affect the Oregon coastline; however, some erosion can be attributed to climate change, experts say.

International
Engineering

UK - Dawlish sea wall wins top prize while facing Storm Ciarán

A newly erected sea wall, designed to protect the Dawlish coast's railway, has won a coveted prize days after being tested by Storm Ciarán.

International
Engineering

GDR - Being prepared for storm surges on the Baltic Sea coast

The record storm surge in October 2023 caused severe damage to the German Baltic coast. Effective adaptation scenarios to rising sea levels are therefore becoming increasingly urgent. In two recent studies, researchers have modeled both the flooding extent along the Baltic Sea coastal areas and two possible upgrades for current dike lines in high resolution.

West Coast
Engineering

CA - San Clemente’s Got A Sand Problem

Coastal erosion has taken a toll on San Onofre, Trestles and killed local beachbreaks, but a new dredging project looks to put sand back on the beaches.

Engineering

ME - Saco to enter agreement with Army Corps for $45M erosion mitigation project

The Saco City Council has directed the City Administrator to enter into a project partnership agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers for a $45 million project that will mitigate coastal erosion caused from the Saco Jetty.

Northeast
Engineering

NY - East Shore Seawall price tag tops $2 billion, but feds ready to move forward

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A long-awaited Staten Island resiliency project recently got a new eye-popping price tag, but the federal agency tasked with its construction is finally ready to move forward.

Northeast
Engineering

MA - State launches new coastal-resiliency initiative

BEVERLY — Local and state officials gathered with members of the press at the Carriage House on Tuesday morning as Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll announced the launch of the Commonwealth’s ResilientCoasts initiative, a plan to design and fund long-term solutions to rising sea levels for Massachusetts’s 78 coastal communities.

Northeast
Engineering

NJ - Dredging, beach replenishment moves ahead in Monmouth County

Work has been needed with increasing frequency with the effects of climate change

Southeast
Engineering

SC - The Chattahoochee dams in Columbus were removed 10 years ago. Has the river been restored?

The black cormorant spreads its wings wide, taking in the wind to dry its feathers on a breezy fall day. Perched on an outcrop of a boulder on the Chattahoochee River in front of the TSYS office, the bird is joined by another. They share the boulder.