This drawing from a late 1990s study shows how segmented offshore breakwaters would look along the eastern side of Dunkirk's waterfront. At upper right is a photo of similar breakwaters at Presque ...

Segmented breakwalls are on the westward side of beaches at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pa. The city of Dunkirk is seeking grant funding for an engineering study to look at putting similar ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Hurricane Sandy hit the borough in October 2012, it took the lives of 24 Staten Islanders, demolishing homes and businesses, due largely to the storm's surge. While ...

Offshore breakwaters to protect Sidmouth beach from erosion would be more robust, but cost double the predicted £9m for the preferred scheme. The Sidmouth and East Beach Management Scheme will add a ...

On the southern tip of Staten Island, New York City’s latest project to address climate change is now slowly rising from the sea. This September, the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery began work on ...

The Breakers failed to persuade the town’s Shore Protection Board on Thursday to embrace its plan for combating rapid shore erosion in front of the resort and southward to the Clarke Avenue and ...

Researchers from the Singapore Institute of Technology have investigated the performance of new floating breakwaters (FBs) integrating wave energy converters (WECs). The breakwaters are intended for ...

It started in the Caribbean Sea. Jaime Ascencio, then a business development engineer working across Latin America, was eager to find sustainable ways to combat the coastal erosion that was eating ...