Recent grad students will work for a year on ocean and coastal policy in Congress and the Executive branch Four graduate students representing the University of Rhode Island and Roger Williams University were recently awarded John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowships...
Coastal resilience overlays may be a useful tool in helping communities become more resilient. Rising sea levels and extreme storms due to climate change are predicted to flood coastal communities and businesses, and cut off vital emergency access in the coming...
By Erica Meier Availability of parking near public rights-of-way to the shoreline is key to allowing meaningful access, but it’s also a source of conflict between coastal community residents and non-residents. Each municipality in Rhode Island handles parking...
Publicly owned wetlands are being eyed for long-term carbon reduction. Truly tackling climate change requires long-term commitment, and some land managers are looking to make that commitment. How long-term? Try 100 years. Blue carbon is the term for carbon captured...
Programs that offer federal money to buy out flooded homes would seem like a godsend to victims of natural disasters. Homeowners could rid themselves of severely damaged properties and move to safer areas; meanwhile, communities would make themselves more resilient to...
Coastal communities in the Ocean State will be faced with difficult choices in the not-so-distant future as the encroachment of the sea and more powerful storms increase flooding in low-lying areas. One of those difficult choices is deciding what to do with vulnerable...
