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Coastal communities often depend on natural barriers, like mangroves and coral reefs, to aid in flood reduction during tropical threats like hurricanes.
Team works to enhance South Florida’s coastal resilience
By News@TheU By News@TheU
03-15-2021
An interdisciplinary group of University professors is working to develop, test, and deploy newly engineered artificial reefs that could decrease wave energy and help save coastlines from destruction during storms.
Miami’s beautiful beaches and tropical climate are its biggest asset, attracting thousands of tourists and potential residents each year.
But with climate change pushing sea levels and temperatures up, along with more menacing tropical storms, South Florida’s coastlines are under threat.
While communities are pouring millions into beach restoration projects or seawall restoration efforts, one group of professors at the University of Miami is using its knowledge about coral reefs, coastal engineering, architecture, and communications to come up with a more sustainable solution.
were in the theater at the time? at this point, i do not. how many witnesses have you had a chance to interview, approximately? well, there could have been by one account again, this is very preliminary. there could have been as many as 20 folks in this complex at the time. we have a number of witnesses who have been taken to a private facility here on the same property to be interviewed. i haven t been there at this point. i don t know how many are actually there. again, the complex you re correct. you re correct. again, that 20 is preliminary, could go up or down. that s just an initial estimate. brian haus is here with the metro fire department. he can talk about the injuries to citizens that they saw. thanks, tom. brian haus, public information officer for the nashville fire department. we responded to the call of an
bush scott walker and all the rest? plus it s like earth was taking a selfie. and the moon decided to photo bomb it. new pictures of our planet from a million miles away. let s get to it. good afternoon, from the fox news desk. the malaysian prime minister confirms what we have known for a week now, part of that missing malaysian airlines jet washed ashore on remote island in the indian ocean. it was always the only conclusion. since there is but one missing boeing 777 in all the world. still, the news does not solve one of aviation s biggest mysteries. the wing part does not tell us why the jet went down whether it was a malfunction or something criminal. it does not explain why the jet s transresponder went dark during the flight from kuala lumpur to beijing. and we still do not know about the 239 passengers and crew and whether they knew what was happening as they plunged to their deaths at sea. comprehensive coverage ahead beginning with leah gabriel from our newsroom