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coastal resilience

As Seas Rise, Louisiana Faces a Choice: Plan for Movement or Let Crisis Decide

Coastal Louisiana may be ground zero for climate migration in the U.S., but a new study argues that planning now could turn displacement into agency.

By Avery Schuyler Nunn

A woman sweeps floodwater out of her home on Sept. 11, 2024, in Houma, La. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Members of Faith Presbyterian Church in northeastern Baltimore came together to plant a 200-square-foot rain garden. Credit: William Curtis/Faith Presbyterian

To Battle Climate Change, a Baltimore Church Turns to Nature

By Tierra Stone

The shore of Mill Point Park is located blocks from City Hall in Hampton, Va. The city is building a sandy marsh over the rocks that currently line the shore, and experimenting with new types of protective sills to gently buffer incoming waves. Credit: Phred Dvorak/Inside Climate News

Can a Flood-Prone Coastal City Learn to Live With Water?

By Phred Dvorak

People navigate small boats through the Lekkersluis canal in Amsterdam. Credit: Nick Gammon/AFP via Getty Images

After Hurricane Katrina, a New Orleans Architect Turned to the Dutch to Learn to Live With Water

By Phred Dvorak

A nor’easter causes large waves to hit a bluff filled with sand to prevent erosion in Nantucket, Mass., on Feb. 13, 2024. Credit: Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Unveils 50-Year Plan to Protect Coastlines from Rising Seas and Extreme Weather

By Ryan Krugman

A wall made of boulders protects portions of Sipayik’s eastern coast from tidal erosion in Maine. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

In Far Northeastern Maine, a Native Community Fights to Adapt to Climate Change

By Sydney Cromwell

Workers with the Billion Oyster Project prepare to place oysters in the waters near Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal Park in New York City. Credit: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

A New Jersey Shore Town Has Turned to Oysters to Fight Sea Level Rise and Erosion

By Emilie Lounsberry

A view of the area where the local nonprofit Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity is working in Far Rockaway, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. Credit: Lauren Dalban/Inside Climate News

Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding

By Lauren Dalban

Dune restoration has stabilized an area separating Hither Creek from the Atlantic Ocean in Madaket, Nantucket. Credit: Jennifer Karberg/Nantucket Conservation Foundation

How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas

By Nicole Williams

Destruction is left in the wake of Hurricane Ida on Aug. 31, 2021 near Point-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana. Ida made landfall Aug. 29 as a Category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans, causing widespread power outages, flooding and massive damage. Creidt: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Amid the Misery of Hurricane Ida, Coastal Restoration Offers Hope. But the Price Is High

By James Bruggers, Bob Berwyn

A detour sign is seen at East 20th Street and Avenue C in Lower Manhattan as the first phase of major construction is underway. Credit: Brahmjot Kaur/Inside Climate News

New York Embarks on a Massive Climate Resiliency Project to Protect Manhattan’s Lower East Side From Sea Level Rise

By Brahmjot Kaur

A firefighter stands among the remains of homes burned down in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens during Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012

Covid Killed New York’s Coastal Resilience Bill. People of Color Could Bear Much of the Cost

By Kristoffer Tigue

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