KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan 31, 2023 – Students interested in Marine Affairs at the University of Rhode Island have long been part of an innovative and ground-breaking program that takes a 360-degree approach to understanding issues and solving problems critical to responsible coastal and marine management. Founded in 1970, URI’s Marine Affairs program is the […]
The delicate choreography of ships, trains and trucks at the world’s ports has been badly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the turmoil is unlikely to end soon. If a virus can have such an adverse impact on the journey of a plastic toy or vehicle from point A to point B, consider the potential impact of something even more pervasive and powerful: water.
In the years ahead, sea level rise, more intense storm surge and jacked-up tropical storms will be visiting many of the world’s about 3,800 ports. Most of those ports are coastal; about one-third are in a tropical
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