Over the years storms have battered the breakwaters, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has rehabilitated them. The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 caused havoc and sank 3,000 boats between ...

Called Living Breakwaters, ... The 2012 storm, which led to the deaths of 43 New Yorkers and was the most destructive in the city’s history, battered the area’s already eroded coastline.

The Port of Galilee is Rhode Island’s largest and most lucrative port. But the breakwaters protecting it are eroding.

Over the years storms have battered the breakwaters, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has rehabilitated them. The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 caused havoc and sank 3,000 boats between ...

The breakwaters are part of a strategy to reduce risk from hurricanes after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the region in 2012 and killed 23 people in Staten Island, alone. Other parts of the city have ...

The storm pushed a gigantic surge that inundated New Jersey shore towns and flowed up the New York Bay into the Hudson and East Rivers. More than 50 square miles of New York City were flooded ...

An artificial tide pool cast from “Econcrete” creates a habitat for living creatures shown partially submerged on one of the on eight, eco-friendly Living Breakwaters at the southernmost tip ...

Stone breakwaters extend into the distance at Illinois Beach State Park, helping protect the shoreline from erosion. ... He recalled a storm in 2012 that caused extensive damage to the shore.

But when breakwaters were examined, corals were found to have recovered more rapidly, from 8.8 percent in 2001 to 25.4 percent in 2004. Moreover, the cover rate remained high in subsequent years.

The breakwaters the county plans to install on the island will help minimize erosion and as the area is rebuilt and renourished with vegetation it will not only provide good habitat for birds and ...

The breakwaters the county plans to install on the island will help minimize erosion and as the area is rebuilt and renourished with vegetation it will not only provide good habitat for birds and ...