Coastal cities have a hidden vulnerability to storm-surge and tidal flooding − entirely caused by humans
- Written by Philip M. Orton, Research Associate Professor in Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology
A consequence of dredging deep channels is that water also enters more easily with tides and storm surge.Google EarthCenturies ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the gray-blue horizon.