NOAA Ocean Podcast

Breaking Down Barriers: Natural Infrastructure

Jun 28, 2018 · 14 min · 24.3 MB
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This aerial photo shows the Mississippi coast with a living shoreline project that includes both natural infrastructure and artificial breakwater material to reduce shoreline erosion. e

Natural infrastructure provides effective solutions for minimizing coastal flooding, erosion, and runoff, but it has other benefits as well. In this episode, Kim Penn from NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management explains the environmental, economic, and recreational benefits of natural infrastructure.

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