Posts Tagged ‘coast’
“A Vision for Jamestown”: A Plan for Coastal Resilience by URI Students
URI landscape architecture capstone earns statewide recognition for its vision of Jamestown’s waterfront – as rising seas and stronger storms reshape Rhode Island’s coastline, URI students transformed a vulnerable stretch of Jamestown into an award-winning vision for coastal resilience A student project re-imagining Jamestown’s vulnerable coastline has earned awards from the Rhode Island Chapter of…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: MyCoast wants pix, Halloween farm family fun, Breachway fix, Hunter Orange
Photo: Pamela Bhatia, Artistic Images RI Snap the Shore, Track the Change MyCoast: Rhode Island is a portal to collect and analyze photos of shorelines across the Ocean State. Rhode Island is one of 8 states/locals that will have information collected to capture the impact of flood hazards today, and to illustrate possible future conditions.…
Read MoreWhy investing in waterfront development in Rhode Island is a wise move – Emilio DiSpirito
By Emilio DiSpirito, contributing writer, Real Estate Advisor, Private Office Advisor and License Partner with Engel & Völkers East Greenwich and Engel & Völkers Barrington East Bay. When it comes to real estate investments, location is everything—and few locations are as desirable as waterfront properties. Rhode Island, known as the Ocean State, offers about 440…
Read MoreRising waters, sinking land. URI studies massive weight of New York City’s 1 million buildings
URI scientists examine how the weight of the city’s 1 million buildings are causing subsidence Photo: The New York City skyline. (Photo by Christian Lendl) New York City is sinking, and some of the more than 1 million buildings that make up its ever-evolving skyline may be playing a part. For the coastal metropolis and…
Read MoreClimate Crisis risks catastrophe to Providence and Narragansett Bay
A federal judge has rejected Shell Oil’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit by the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), in a decision rendered Sept. 28th. The lawsuit against Shell Oil will now proceed to discovery. CLF’s lawsuit alleges that Shell has put Providence and Narragansett Bay in harm’s way by failing to prepare its oil storage…
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