A new study has revealed that nature-based shoreline restorations improved coastal resilience and habitat conditions along Daughtry Bayou.

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. (WNCT) – For centuries, large bulkheads have been used to help control erosion along coastlines. More recent research suggests that a more natural approach may be a better ...

Recent climate change reports have many concerned about rising sea levels and thinking about ways to protect the vulnerable coastline. One environmentally friendly approach is beginning to gain ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Paula Hersh has lived on the water for years, and has the eroded shorelines and property damage to prove it. In 1996, Hersh said, Hurricane Fran eroded the bulkhead at her ...

Florida’s low elevations, especially along the coast, make the state especially vulnerable to flooding. This fact, coupled with the historic extensive filling of bays and waterways to create ...

Living shorelines are a nature-based method of stabilizing shorelines using natural materials like oysters, plants, sand or rock. These types of installations provide a suite of beneficial ...

Americans who live along coastlines are watching their land disappear and property threatened as climate change causes sea levels to rise. While homeowners often rely on expensive seawalls and ...

A sea wall is at its greatest strength on the day it’s installed, says Rachel Gwin. In comparison, natural living shorelines “grow stronger with time,” said Gwin, who is the restoration coordinator ...

Morgan Rudd of Living Shorelines, left, and Grainger Coughtrey of Restoration Systems place mesh bags filled with oyster shells along a shoreline in Bogue, NC in an effort to restore salt marsh ...

A few miles north of the Surf City high-rise bridge on the mainland side of the Intracoastal Waterway, Richard Moore carefully planted a saltmarsh cordgrass plug in the shallow water just a few feet ...

We often joke that it’s hard to find a hill in Florida, but our low-lying lands leave us especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. Our beautiful shorelines and diverse ecosystems ...