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Researchers Identify Five Factors for Better Coastal Risk-Management Strategies

Decision makers face choices about how to design risk management strategies to protect coastal populations from rising sea levels and storm surges. A team of Penn State researchers has identified five factors that can better characterize risk management options.

Research Finds a New Way to Reduce Food Waste

‘Humanizing’ produce encourages consumers to overlook a few flaws.

NASA's ARIA Team Maps Flooding in the Bahamas

NASA's ARIA team used satellite data acquired on Sept. 2, 2019, to map flooding in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

Could Recreating Freshwater Lakes Help Trial Plastic Alternatives?

Scientists are looking at new ways to test how plastics degrade in water, which could be used to trial plastic alternatives.

Dorian Likely to Cause Significant Beach Erosion from Fla. to N.C.

U.S. Geological Survey coastal change experts have forecast that 78 percent of the sandy beaches from Florida to North Carolina are likely to undergo beach and dune erosion from the powerful storm.