Tag: coastal
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March 2026 Knowledge Series: Dutch experience with beaches and dunes as coastal Natural and Nature Based Features for Flood Risk Management
An overview of 30 years of nature-basedcoastline management Quirijn Lodder & Evelien Brand, Rijkswaterstaat Coastal erosion threatens beaches and dunes globally. In the Netherlands, a coastline maintenance policy was implemented in the 1990’s to combat this erosion, with sand nourishments as the primary means. As a result, the Dutch coast is one of the most heavily…
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SWCA Environmental Consultants on Clean Beaches
When it comes to clean beaches, it’s about more than just picking up trash (though that’s important too!). SWCA Environmental Consultants specializes in ecological restoration, erosion control, and habitat protection that help maintain clean, resilient beaches and coastal ecosystems. For example, SWCA is supporting the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s (CPRA) Chandeleur Island Restoration…
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LimnoTech: Enhancing Coastal Resilience in Great Lakes Communities
LimnoTech is collaborating with the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, the Coastal States Organization, NOAA, the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, and project partners Dewberry and Smith Group to enhance coastal resilience in Great Lakes communities. The team’s work has focused on: Engineering With Nature principles and nature-based solutions are integral to our…
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Communicating Solutions at UC Santa Cruz
In September, the CCCR co-hosted a symposium on Communicating Climate Solutions at UC Santa Cruz alongside our colleagues in the UCSC Science Communications program. Over three days, scientists, journalists, government officials, Indigenous leaders, community members, and more were able to learn and share expertise, build community, and identify new opportunities in communicating climate solutions. From…
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Partner Takeover: UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience
Hello from the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR)! We’re excited to join you here as part of this social media takeover with our partners at N-EWN. At CCCR, we’re building solutions to reduce coastal risks locally, CA-wide, nationally and internationally. We are helping communities build resilience and adapt to rising risks.…
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September 2025 Knowledge Series: Co-producing Coastal Resilience: The Stone Living Lab as a Collaborative Model for Testing Nature-Based Approaches
Katherine Dafforn, Stone Living Lab & University of Massachusetts Boston The Stone Living Lab brings research into practice by designing and testing Nature-based Approaches (NbAs) to strengthen coastal resilience along urban shorelines. Partnering with municipal, state, and federal agencies, and collaborating with members of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag, the Lab emphasizes projects that inform…
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Partner Takeover: ECOncrete
Time for another partner takeover! Check out these upcoming events with our partner ECOncrete: Are you attending NY Climate Week? Join one of our ECOncrete Field Sessions to explore resilient waterfronts with our experts and discuss ecological design & engineering, nature-inclusive technology, and regenerative blue finance. And join us for drinks at our new New…
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New publication: Nature-based solutions and compound flooding
Nature based solutions provide many benefits including mitigation of flooding impacts. Recently Dynamic Solutions, LLC collaborated with ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Lab to advance fundamental understanding of interacting flood sources through a case study that simulated varying Mississippi River flood flows during Hurricane Barry. Their analysis provides crucial insight into compound flooding processes, which can be incorporated…
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StoryMap: UNH Coastal Habitat Restoration Team on salt marsh restoration initiatives
The Coastal Habitat Restoration Team at the University of New Hampshire is partnering with NH Audubon and many more to kick off a pair of salt marsh restoration initiatives in the Seacoast of New Hampshire. Check out our StoryMap for all the details! Learn more here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1893e5b62242458283f5556f47a2a81f
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After the Storm: Nature Leads the Way
As we head into a new hurricane season, we’re reflecting on how coastal communities are turning to nature for recovery solutions. This photo gallery looks back on CCS research and fieldwork that’s informing real-world strategies like restoring dunes, wetlands, and mangroves to help coastlines bounce back after storms. These nature-based solutions are helping build long-term…