As erosion threatens treasured places around the Chesapeake Bay, communities are turning to nature-based solutions. Explore how living shorelines are helping to protect coasts and heritage on opposite shores of the Bay.
Living shoreline plants have a tough job: they must hold down the sandy shoreline with their roots and ease waves with their stems, all while surviving salty water.
Researchers are on a mission to determine which key components make a living shoreline successful at preventing erosion—but first they must gather crucial data.
Oyster biology is both an obstacle and an opportunity when it comes to living shorelines. Learn how and why oysters are sometimes included in living shoreline projects.
A living shoreline is under construction in Baltimore City—part of a sweeping project that aims to restore more than 50 acres of habitat along 11 miles of shoreline.
SEEING, AND LISTENING, really does equal believing when it comes to sea level rise and the risk that it will worsen flooding around the Chesapeake Bay.
A research team led by George Mason University recently tested new ways of communicating about these risks. The researchers invited 40 residents of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to a daylong forum. The citizens were asked to view an interactive online map, which showed neighborhood-level details about the risks and possible property damage from increased coastal flooding predicted in the coming decades. Participants also asked the Maryland scientists and policy makers questions about sea level rise.
In polls given before and after the forum, attendees were more likely to label sea level rise a growing threat to the county after the event. The research team posted its findings and map online at: www.futurecoast.info. An online news article by Maryland Sea Grant about the project is at: www.mdsg.umd.edu/news/future_coast.
As erosion threatens treasured places around the Chesapeake Bay, communities are turning to nature-based solutions. Explore how living shorelines are helping to protect coasts and heritage on opposite shores of the Bay.
Living shoreline plants have a tough job: they must hold down the sandy shoreline with their roots and ease waves with their stems, all while surviving salty water.
Researchers are on a mission to determine which key components make a living shoreline successful at preventing erosion—but first they must gather crucial data.
Oyster biology is both an obstacle and an opportunity when it comes to living shorelines. Learn how and why oysters are sometimes included in living shoreline projects.
A living shoreline is under construction in Baltimore City—part of a sweeping project that aims to restore more than 50 acres of habitat along 11 miles of shoreline.
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