Traditional coastal protection methods that rely on built, hard structures like seawalls may not be effective to keep pace with a changing climate. Nature-based coastal defences based on habitat ...

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority says it has 47 miles of continuous flood protections in place so far, including the Grand Bayou flood gate seen here under construction.

Sea level rise and increased storm intensity driven by climate change is exacerbating coastal flooding and erosion. Traditional coastal protection relies on hard infrastructure such as seawalls and ...

Louisiana’s Coastal Protection Restoration Authority is moving forward with more than 100 active coastal restoration projects, nearly 40 of which are currently under construction. The organization has ...

Protecting and enhancing salt marshes in front of protective seawalls can significantly help protect some coastlines, at a cost that makes this approach reasonable to implement. Images of coastal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trucks are loaded with sand at Phipps Ocean Park as the beach renourishment project continues and makes its way south, Tuesday, ...

Griffith University researchers have analyzed decades of surveys documenting the environmental response to coastal protection structures at an iconic stretch of the northern New South Wales beaches, ...

With the Atlantic hurricane season well under way and Tropical Storm Harvey causing devastation in Texas, a new scientific study reports that coastal wetlands significantly reduce annual flood losses ...

Hurricane- and coastal-storm-related losses have increased substantially during the past century, largely due to increases in population and development in the most susceptible coastal areas. Reducing ...

In a bid to improve communication with the public, the town will produce a series of educational videos that address coastal protection efforts. At its June 14 regular meeting, the Town Council ...