Friday, July 12, 2013

Tracking Shifting Sands Along the Nation's Coast

As New Yorkers braced themselves for Hurricane Sandy, coastal geologist Cheryl Hapke was out surveying Fire Island, a barrier island off the Long Island coast. Days later, Hapke was back to document the hurricane's effects and found a breach cutting the island in two. Now locals and scientists are debating whether the inlet should be filled in or left as nature intended.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2013/07/12/201461177/tracking-shifting-sands-along-the-nations-coast?ft=1&f=1007

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