by Rhode Island Sea Grant | May 6, 2016 | Capstone, Coastal Communities
Rising sea levels and increasing development and tourism squeeze an already limited space that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Easton’s Pond. This sliver of shoreline, about 400-feet wide, is sandwiched between two highly trafficked areas, Newport and Middletown. It...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Apr 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
By PEARL MACEK | Courtesy ecoRI News [divider style=”solid” color=”#eeeeee” width=”1px”] NEWPORT, R.I. — “We can’t stop it anymore,” said John Englander, an oceanographer and sea-level-rise consultant. “Everybody is struggling with...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Nov 14, 2014 | Capstone, Coastal Communities, Students
Students enrolled in the University of Rhode Island (URI) Landscape Architecture program were tasked at finding innovative coastal adaptation strategies as part of their senior studio for Newport’s Storer Park, which sits as a southern gateway to the city’s historic...
