coastal protection

In 2024, New York turned 250 discarded Christmas trees into nearly 600 feet of breakwaters; by fall, the trees were trapping sediment around a restored salt marsh

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What looked like holiday waste ended up helping rebuild a fragile salt marsh at Jamaica Bay, where the trees were turned into nearly 600 feet of natural breakwaters. In 2024, 250 discarded Christmas trees were repurposed into nearly 600 linear feet of natural breakwaters at New York’s Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, helping protect newly planted…

In 2016, Florida’s New Smyrna Beach used living shorelines during Hurricane Matthew; the structures stayed intact despite 90 mph winds | World News

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When Hurricane Matthew struck Florida in October 2016, New Smyrna Beach faced winds of more than 90 miles per hour and water levels around four feet above normal. Along the coast, those conditions put shoreline protection to a serious test. But one demonstration site emerged with an unexpected result. A living shoreline project supported by…

Meet Alex Webster, the Florida teenager who is giving away mangroves as ‘pets’ to people to protect disappearing coastal forests | World News

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Image Credit: Courtesy of Alex Webster Mangroves may not be the first thing that comes to mind when people think about a pet, but Florida teenager Alex Webster is turning that idea into a unique environmental mission. Through the ‘My Pet Mangrove programme’, Alex is encouraging people to form a personal connection with these important…