海角社区 Oceanographer Develops Model to Better Predict Barrier Island Retreat
July 06, 2022
New information co-authored by an 海角社区 associate professor shows the retreat of coastal barrier islands will accelerate by 50 percent within a century, even if sea level continues to rise at its present rate, diminishing the buffer and protection they provide.
鈥淭hese findings can be applied all over the world, but they may be particularly significant in the U.S., where houses are being built extremely close to the beach,鈥� said Giulio Mariotti of the 海角社区 Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences and Center for Computation and Technology.
海角社区's coastal research is applicable to coastal communities and infrastructure, not just on the Gulf Coast but across the U.S. and the world.