Tybee prepares for hurricane season
May 18, 2023 FEMA funding & plans to build a huge hurricane shelter in the works just two weeks out from the start of hurricane season. Watch the broadcast here
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Saving Half the Seas
April 10, 2023 In the Galapagos Islands, multi-national cooperation to save migrating animals from intense fishing pressures resulted in a new marine reserve; one fishing community in Cedar Key, Florida, managed to pivot when environmental pressures caused the oyster population to crash; experimenting with marsh and dunes to deal with sea level rise on Tybee
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March 7 – ERDC-CHL researchers assess hazardous vessel wakes near Tybee Island
March 7, 2023 – Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District and the city of Tybee Island to measure vessel wakes near the island’s north shore in hopes of better understanding which ships and operating conditions are
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Bigger ships mean bigger waves at Tybee’s beach. A recent ship wake study offers solutions
February 7th, 2023 – Tybee Island resident Joseph Yerchik was lounging on the north end beach near Polk Street when he heard his niece utter a profane expletive. When Yerchick turned around, his niece was already running up the shore. Then came the “smack” of a giant wave. “I was tumbling around in the water.
City of Tybee Island shares how giant ships affect the shore following case study
January 30th, 2023 Watch Recorded Broadcast Here
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Waves from giant cargo ships swamp (and worry) Tybee beachgoers
Jan 9, 2023 – By Matt Kempner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Government sleuths struggle to predict which boats will cause problems It’s typically a relaxing beach scene on the northern stretches of Tybee Island, where the waves are often gentle and shells are plentiful. Perhaps a dozen times a day, a towering cargo ship slips by
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Tybee lost 25 feet of shoreline to Hurricane Ian. What data tells us about beach erosion.
December 22, 2022 – Tybee lost 25 feet of shoreline to Hurricane Ian. What data tells us about beach erosion. Improved dune system mitigated some of storm’s effects. Nancy Guan Savannah Morning News Link available for Savannah Morning News subscribers here The Georgia coast had a near miss when Hurricane Ian tracked further east than
Researchers reveal impacts of Hurricane Ian on Tybee Island’s shoreline
November 28th, 2022 Watch the recorded broadcast here
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At the Water’s Edge: The Salt Marsh
June 23, 2021 – The southeast and Gulf coasts of the United States are famous for their extensive salt marshes. These coastal wetlands provide a vital nursery ground for many marine species, they filter nutrients and contaminants from the water, and serve as buffers during storms. The University of Georgia’s Marine Institute on Sapelo Island
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