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Beach Nourishment: Not the Answer
It's damaging to beach fish and birds, and doesn't necessarily offer protection from the damage of big hurricanes. Moreover, beach nourishment...
Business and Economic Review, 01/01/07 by Pilkey, Orrin · More from publication -
Hurricane history isn't worth repeating
In the mid-1960s, my engineer father was assigned to the Saturn space rocket test site near Waveland, Miss. My parents loved the weather, the...
USA TODAY, 06/01/06 by Orrin H. Pilkey · More from publication -
SUNDAY FORUM: Carolina sand tax votes send message on beaches
BY ORRIN PILKEY AND ANDREW S. COBURN
There have now been two referendums regarding beach nourishment in North Carolina. Both have...
The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, 03/05/06 by ORRIN PILKEY · More from publication -
Many efforts to save beaches do just the opposite
Hurricane Dennis could have been far worse. That was the common refrain this week coming from Gulf Coast residents who were spared the extensive...
USA TODAY, 07/14/05 by Orrin Pilkey and Andrew S. Coburn · More from publication -
Hurricanes' lesson: Don't build on the beach
A record four hurricanes this season have crossed Florida, but the results are not new. Beaches on the few remaining natural barrier islands have...
USA TODAY, 09/29/04 by Orrin Pilkey and Andrew Coburn · More from publication
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