The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge in the early 20th century when it constructed a series of breakwaters to protect the port from hazardous sea conditions.

The new breakwaters built in 2023 are effectively containing the deposited sand, ensuring that the coastline maintains a ...

Artificial structures like concrete breakwaters to protect shorelines seem to offer a quicker fix than natural reefs for corals devastated by bleaching events, say Japanese researchers studying ...

I arrived at Robinsons Beach at the southern tip of Staten Island to find a narrow band of sand, muted fall color and calm blue waters. Ahead of me, eight stoic-looking rows of stacked rocks ...

Researchers from the Singapore Institute of Technology have investigated the performance of new floating breakwaters (FBs) integrating wave energy converters (WECs). The breakwaters are intended ...

MANGALORE: Beach enthusiasts in Mangaluru have demanded for a proper scientific study on construction of breakwaters along the coast which they blame has affected the beach width. Yathish ...

They can buffer the impact of stormy waves and shoreline erosion. Now, a shoreline protection project called Living Breakwaters, led by New York-based landscape architectural studio Scape is ...

The breakwaters would pose a particular threat to the loggerhead sea turtle (caretta caretta) that nests and feeds in the area and is listed as vulnerable in the IUCN red list of endangered species.