by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 1, 2018 | Research
Rhode Island’s historic coastal cities, such as Newport and Providence, were built on ground that is slowly sinking and has been for thousands of years. “We’re standing on what we’d like to think is solid ground, but anyone [who’s ever] been in an earthquake knows...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Mar 6, 2017 | Coastal Communities, News, Research, Uncategorized
Beach replenishment discussion kicks off Coastal State Series Wind and waves crashing on a beach gradually move the shoreline back. At Napatree Point in Westerly, where this is allowed to happen naturally, as there are no structures to contend with, the entire...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 9, 2016 | Coastal Communities, News
Army Corps proposal to elevate homes and sea level rise projection maps presented at Beach SAMP meeting. Matunuck’s shoreline has moved a lot further landward than was 80 years ago, and it will continue to move further landward — and more rapidly — in the...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
A team of researchers from the University of Rhode Island (and supported by Rhode Island Sea Grant) is recommending that state and federal officials rethink the regulations for the installation and management of home septic systems, especially in the coastal zone, in...
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...
