The High Costs of Sea Level Rise

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Development: Science Speaks Directly to Business Social Enterprise News | July 6, 2018 |   The most current research on ice sheet and sea level rise trends shows the near-term implications for coastal property and how these trends affect...

City Turns to Army Corps for Flooding Study

City of Charleston News Flash Posted on: July 12, 2018 Army Corps of Engineers to Conduct Charleston Peninsula Flood Risk Management Study The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District recently received funding to conduct a Flood Risk Management Study of the...

‘Innovation’ is Dutch for Flood Mitigation

How to make a city waterproof In the age of climate change, Rotterdam has become the world’s most important testing ground for urban design One evening in March, a pale-blue layer of light began spreading across the plaza outside the United Nations headquarters in New...

Flood Defence Slides

The slides for Wednesday’s program on Flood Barriers follow below. Groundswell! was gratified that more than 100 people attended the event and many have requested site visits from the speaker, Keith Anderson, and more information....

National Parks Assess Risk From Rising Seas

Sea Level Change NEW! The Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Projections report is now available (4.9 MB PDF) Click the report image above to download the PDF (4.9 MB PDF) Approximately one-fourth of all National Park Service (NPS) sites are situated on or near the coast....

Mayor Offers Mid-May Flooding Report — You’ve Heard It Before

    Although Mayor John Tecklenburg cited “all kinds of initiatives” to manage the city’s flooding crisis, in comments at the Harleston Village Association’s annual meeting Monday, the many residents’ questions that followed reflected continued anxiety about the...