A coastal flooding prevention project in New York City could be a model for communities along America's hurricane-battered coasts
A coastal flooding prevention project in New York City could be a model for communities along America's hurricane-battered coastsSandbags installed after Hurricane Sandy can be seen after more than a decade of erosion Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, at a beach near Tottenville, Staten Island, at the southernmost tip of New York City.
Living Breakwaters architect Pippa Brashear said other shoreline communities exposed to waves, damage and erosion could use a similar strategy. Projects in California, Washington state and Florida are already doing so, though at a smaller scale. Birds are already using the islands as a nesting ground. They have become a winter refuge for migrating seals since construction began in 2022. Algae clings to the textured concrete surfaces, covering the gray rocks and concrete with green algae that dances with the current at high tide. Snails, barnacles, shrimp and crabs are settling into tidepools molded from concrete and placed by a crane amid large stones..
An elaborate $400 million sea wall structure with living elements has lined a narrow slice of the Seattle coastline since 2017, successfully improving the habitat for baby salmon.
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