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Can seawalls save us from rising seas and surging storms?

Huge coastal barriers could protect the world’s cities. But they’ll have unexpected costs.

Norfolk postpones storm protection plan vote after pushback from residents

The plan would provide walls and berms in the wealthy part of the city, while low-income neighbors would get grasses and elevated homes.

Politics

The best way to prepare our coasts for climate change? Nature itself.

Scientists, planners, and even the Army Corps of Engineers are turning to natural solutions like coral reefs and sand dunes to protect coastal communities against intensifying storm surges and flooding.

Impacts

Building infrastructure to stop sea level rise can have an unfortunate consequence

Solutions that block water entirely just push the flooding into other areas. A real solution is coasts that can absorb rising waters.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

seawalls

Can seawalls save us from rising seas and surging storms?

Norfolk postpones storm protection plan vote after pushback from residents

Scientists warn seawalls can make rising waters worse in the long run

Scientists warn seawalls can make rising waters worse in the long run

Many Stinson Beach homes could be flooded amid rising seas within a decade. Would building dunes save them?

The best way to prepare our coasts for climate change? Nature itself.

Building infrastructure to stop sea level rise can have an unfortunate consequence

Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

Cyclone devastates Mayotte