seawall, Tag

Researchers at the University of Miami (UM) are working on technology to make seawalls more durable, resilient and ecologically beneficial. The new seawall designs emphasize habitat development for corals and mangroves.[...]

It’s an age-old philosophy: if you want to keep something out, just build a big wall. That’s exactly how Japan is approaching future tsunamis in the wake of the 2011 disaster that wiped out much of its northeastern coast...

A massive sea wall built around Swansea Bay, near the South Wales coast, could harness the power of sea tides to provide power to over 100,000 homes. A few weeks ago an environmental assessment of the £650 million ($1.6...