This drawing from a late 1990s study shows how segmented offshore breakwaters would look along the eastern side of Dunkirk's waterfront. At upper right is a photo of similar breakwaters at Presque ...

Segmented breakwalls are on the westward side of beaches at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pa. The city of Dunkirk is seeking grant funding for an engineering study to look at putting similar ...

Magnolia Beach is a popular spot for locals and the city has battled erosion issues there for many years.  A contract will ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Hurricane Sandy hit the borough in October 2012, it took the lives of 24 Staten Islanders, demolishing homes and businesses, due largely to the storm's surge. While ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As Shankhumukham Beach continues to face severe erosion, experts have recommended the construction of offshore breakwaters to protect the shoreline and restore the once-popular ...

Special Issue No. 39. Proceedings of the 8th International Coastal Symposium (ICS 2004), Vol. III (Winter 2006), pp. 1767-1770 (4 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. Low ...

The Breakers failed to persuade the town’s Shore Protection Board on Thursday to embrace its plan for combating rapid shore erosion in front of the resort and southward to the Clarke Avenue and ...

MANATEE — A controversial letter from a Manatee County commissioner to the Army Corps of Engineers may have sounded like a lonely cry in the wilderness. But the local Sierra Club has joined ...

On the southern tip of Staten Island, New York City’s latest project to address climate change is now slowly rising from the sea. This September, the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery began work on ...

APOLLO BEACH — The shoreline of Apollo Beach Nature Park has been slipping away for years, but a recent decision by the Tampa Port Authority put East Hillsborough residents one step closer to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Government agencies, scientists and residents have studied questions over how to best protect Staten Island shores and the people who live on them since Hurricane Sandy took the ...