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December 21, 2021

South Frigate Bay Beach: Restored and Climate-Smart

Designing a beach restoration project requires a specialised sort of detective work. The slope of a beach, the rocks found […]

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Climate Change

December 7, 2021

What’s the Deal with Climate Rationale?

For decades, scientists were hesitant to directly blame extreme weather events on climate change. In part, this was due to […]

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Construction

December 7, 2021

The Design-Build Approach: A Conversation with Director of Projects Christopher Hylton

Back in 2001, Chris Hylton had just joined Smith Warner International as a young coastal engineer. The firm had […]

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Climate Change

November 17, 2021

Climate Finance… What’s Next for SIDS?

Whether COP26 was a success depends on what you are measuring and who is rendering the opinion. In terms […]

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Climate Change

November 17, 2021

Success or COP-out?

While high-level cabinet officials, ministers, and country leaders from around the world met behind closed doors negotiating emissions curbing timelines […]

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Resilience

October 21, 2021

The Communications Battle for Emergency Preparedness

Puerto Rico is one of the larger islands in the Caribbean, covering more than 9,000 square kilometers. Mountains make up […]

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Innovation

October 20, 2021

Holiday Inn Island

Students of geology know that islands can be created by many different processes. Some are volcanic, rising from the seafloor […]

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Resilience

October 6, 2021

Building Resilience and Saving Lives: A Conversation with Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

For Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the Atlantic hurricane season can be an […]

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Monitoring

September 23, 2021

A Conversation with Ecohydrologist Allison Pearce about Techniques to Assess and Monitor Coastal Ecosystems

When Ecohydrologist Allison Pearce does a site analysis, questions pop into her head at lightning speed. What sort of ecosystems […]

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Coastal Creatures

September 23, 2021

What Makes One Beach More Attractive than Another… to a Sea Turtle?

In St. Mary, on the north coast of Jamaica, there is a lovely pink home perched atop a 20-meter high […]

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South Frigate Bay Beach: Restored and Climate-Smart

What’s the Deal with Climate Rationale?

The Design-Build Approach: A Conversation with Director of Projects Christopher Hylton

Climate Finance… What’s Next for SIDS?

Success or COP-out?

The Communications Battle for Emergency Preparedness

Holiday Inn Island

Building Resilience and Saving Lives: A Conversation with Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

A Conversation with Ecohydrologist Allison Pearce about Techniques to Assess and Monitor Coastal Ecosystems

What Makes One Beach More Attractive than Another… to a Sea Turtle?

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