The team at landscape architecture firm CMG – Kevin Conger, FASLA, in particular – realized that a new model of participatory design was needed to rise to the challenge of increasing coastal ...

The breaching may occur naturally after erosion of the foredune by storm waves ... dunes helps coastal managers and interested stake holders better manage these dynamic landscapes.

In the 16th-floor loft of her landscape architectural ... a 1-in-10,000-year storm. Here, rows of pilings along a Dutch beach trap sand and help build up the coast. Much of the land behind ...

In nature’s grand tapestry, rivers play a vital role in cutting through the landscape and delivering nutrients and sediments ...

In the past 20 years, four small dams on Long Island have collapsed (not counting Stony Brook and Blydenburgh) and in each ...

I t will take momentous shifts to ensure a reasonably safe climate future. How can we find the wherewithal and endurance to ...

We've all had the experience: Driving through a beautiful landscape, you stop at every ... reflect the character of one plain, a brewing storm another. Remember the rule of thirds.

A coalition of environmental groups is pushing 18 projects to protect Gulf Coast communities from land loss and storm damage ...

In addition, warmer temperatures can lead to more frequent and more extreme storms, from Midwestern derechos to monsoons ...

Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the U.S. Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ...

Processes called erosion, mass movement and weathering break down and remove material from the coast. The material is moved along the coastline by the sea and deposited when there is energy loss.

Home insurance premiums have at times risen 40% faster than inflation. Extreme weather events are likely to make the expense ...