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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In Savannah, a Sea Level Summit
December 21, 2022 – In late September 2022, dozens of researchers from NASA’s Sea Level Change Team gathered in nearby Savannah for a kind of sea-level summit: a three-day exchange of data and ideas among scientists, coastal planners, federal, state, and local agencies, and resident activists. The meeting included summaries of efforts to combat sea-level
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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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USACE Ship-Induced Wake Study
The goal of this study was to understand the impact of vessel traffic patterns and associated boat wakes generated by large commercial vessels on Tybee Island. Project Lead: US Army Corps of Engineers Funding: $175,000 from USACE, $175,000 from Georgia Department of Community Affairs Partners: USACE, Georgia Department of Community Affairs Project Summary: The federally maintained navigation
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Tybee Prepares for Long-Term Solutions to Climate Change, Erosion, Storms
June 10, 2022 – Thousands of beachgoers visit Tybee Island each year to take in the scenic views of Georgia’s barrier islands. What they may not notice is the environmental engineering and planning all around them aimed at protecting Tybee Island from storms and a rising sea level. This year is slated to be another above-normal
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Skidaway Institute Drone Monitoring Project
This project aims to monitor man-made dunes and beach on Tybee Island using unmanned aerial systems. Project Lead: Clark Alexander, UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, clark.alexander@skio.uga.edu Partners: City of Tybee, Tybee Beach Task force, Tybee citizen scientists, UGA Skidaway Institute summer interns and SSU REU Bridge participants, UGA Ocean Science majors in the Semester@Skidaway domestic
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Tybee Island Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan
In 2016, Tybee Island became the first community in Georgia and one of the first in the entire Southeast United States to adopt a municipal sea level rise plan. Project Lead: Charles Hopkinson, former director of University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant Partners: University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant,
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Dune Vegetation and Best Practices Project
This project aims to monitor dune vegetation and document best practices of beach and dune restoration. Project Lead: Lissa Leege, Georgia Southern University, leege@georgiasouthern.edu Partners: Georgia Department of Natural Resources, University of Georgia Marine Extension and Sea Grant, Georgia Southern College of Science and Mathematics, Georgia Southern Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern Office
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