If you have a waterfront home you may have inherited riprap, bulkhead or other hard materials used to armor shorelines and prevent erosion — but did you know those methods aren’t the best for the bay?

Crowell et al. (1997), using series of sparsely sampled sea-level values as surrogate data for shoreline change, evaluated several well-known shoreline position prediction algorithms. They concluded ...

CEDAR KEY, Fla. — When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast in August, one of the hardest hit areas was Cedar Key. A nearly 7-foot storm surge battered the small fishing community, ...