Adapt faster to changing climate, Europe warned
Guardian Unlimited | 29 Apr 2013
Cities around Europe may have to erect flood barriers similar to the Thames Barrier that protects London from sea surges, as climate change takes hold and leads to the danger of much more destructive storms, floods, heavy rainfall and higher sea levels, Europe's environmental watchdog has warned.
 Atlantic Ocean | Climate Change | Storm Surge

Mangrove rehabilitation and replanting project for Namdrik and Jaluit Atolls Ramsar Sites, Marshall ...
Ramsar Convention | 18 Jan 2013
A mangrove rehabilitation and replanting project will be shortly underway for two of the Marshall Islands wetlands of international importance, Namdrik and Jaluit Atoll. The main objective of the project is to increase community resilience to the impacts of climate change on both atolls through restoring some of the existing degraded mangrove areas on both atolls.
 Pacific Ocean | Climate Change | Storm Surge

Storm Surge Reduction by Mangroves
wetlands.org | 18 Dec 2012
Mangroves can reduce storm surge water levels by slowing the flow of water and reducing surface waves. Therefore mangroves can potentially play a role in coastal defence and disaster risk reduction, either alone or alongside other risk reduction measures such as early warning systems and engineered coastal defence structures (e.g. sea walls).
 Research | Storm Surge

Hurricane Isaac and the Value of Coastal Wetlands
The Ocean Foundation | 17 Sep 2012
During the tropical cyclone season, it is natural that discussion about the potential harm to human communities dominates the media, official announcements, and community meeting places. Those of us who work in ocean conservation also think about fishing gear losses and new debris fields following storm surge in coastal areas. 
 Atlantic Ocean | Natural Hazard | Storm Surge

New NOAA website offers tips to prepare for coastal flooding
NOAA | 02 Jul 2012
NOAA's Office of Coast Survey has announced a new website designed to provide vital information to help protect communities, people and property from the devastation of coastal flooding.
 Natural Hazard | Storm Surge

NOAA's Inundation Analysis Tool Places Flood Data at Planners' Fingertips
NOAA's National Ocean Service | 21 May 2012
NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) will launch an innovative new tool for coastal resource managers this week at the Association of State Floodplain Managers' annual conference in San Antonio. Called the Inundation Analysis Tool, the web-based application employs data collected at NOAA tide gauge stations to provide statistical summaries of the historical frequency and duration of observed high waters.
 Natural Hazard | Sea Level Rise | Storm Surge

San Francisco Fights Erosion as Coastal Cities Watch Closely
New York Times | 24 Mar 2012
Every few years, stormy surf grinds away at Ocean Beach, a 3.5-mile stretch on the Pacific Ocean, pulling huge amounts of sand out to sea.
 Pacific Ocean | Climate Change | Sea Level Rise | Storm Surge

Coastal storms have long-reaching effects, study says
EurekAlert | 25 Jan 2012
Coastal storms are known to cause serious damage along the shoreline, but they also cause significant disruption of the deep-sea ecosystem as well.
 Mediterranean Sea | Deep Sea | Storm Surge

Stevens has an eye on the science of Hurricane Irene
EurekAlert | 26 Aug 2011
(Stevens Institute of Technology) While residents along the New Jersey and New York coasts rush to the store for batteries and bottled water, scientists at Stevens Institute of Technology are heading to the laboratory to help predict the impact of Hurricane Irene.
 Atlantic Ocean | Research | Storm Surge

U.S. cities face water-related climate change dangers: study
Reuters | 26 Jul 2011
BOSTON (Reuters) - Rising sea waters may threaten U.S. coastal cities later this century, while the Midwest and East Coast are at high risk for intense storms, and the West could see compromised water supplies.
 Sea Level Rise | Storm Surge