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...