Phys Org
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Florida is a canary in a coal mine regarding sea-level rise and hurricane intensity.
University of Miami's SUSTAIN Lab has a wind-wave-storm simulator that lets them study the way wind, sea and shorelines interact.
Coral reefs provide vital habitat for hundreds of species of marine life and help shield civilization from violent hurricane storm surge.
Designer Kate Orff created the Living Breakwaters, a 1.5-mile necklace of living breakwaters off the coast of Staten Island.
The breakwaters reduce risk, help rebuild the shoreline, and stop a collapse of marine life by creating pockets, such as tidal pools, and graduated water depths.
Orff warns that a vertical bulkhead seawall is easy and fast, but what happens when you have sea-level rise against it? Her efforts are a way to build a bridge so life on earth can sustain itself.
Babcock's ability to withstand Hurricane Ian began with location choice.
"We decided to work with nature rather than against it," Kitson said.
Architects studied historic water flow in the area and built drainage to mimic it.
They built roads and homes around nature's pre-existing fingerprint.
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