A Sinking State and a Rising Sea: Salt Marshes Provide the Answer
Rhode Island’s historic coastal cities, such as Newport and Providence, were built on ground that is slowly sinking and has...
Rhode Island’s historic coastal cities, such as Newport and Providence, were built on ground that is slowly sinking and has...
Join us on Wednesday, February 14 for a discussion on the impacts land subsidence has on Rhode Island as projected sea levels...
To address challenges from a changing shoreline, the R.I. Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP) is focused on...
Courtesy of WPRI 12 EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The ocean is a major resource for Rhode Island and Massachusetts....
There are offshore sand deposits that could be used to replenish R.I. beaches less expensively than land-based sources - but what will the consequences be?
Earlier this month, Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse presented to his peers his 151st speech on climate change. He addressed...
Army Corps proposal to elevate homes and sea level rise projection maps presented at Beach SAMP meeting. Matunuck’s shoreline has...
A team of researchers from the University of Rhode Island (and supported by Rhode Island Sea Grant) is recommending that...
Rising sea levels and increasing development and tourism squeeze an already limited space that separates the Atlantic Ocean and Easton’s...
By PEARL MACEK | Courtesy ecoRI News NEWPORT, R.I. — “We can’t stop it anymore,” said John Englander, an oceanographer...
