A new study from the University of California-Santa Cruz and The Nature Conservancy shows that the loss of coral reefs – these natural shoreline defenses — leads to severe coastal impacts. The study, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, demonstrates that the degradation of reefs in Grenville Bay, Grenada, is instrinsically linked to the coastal erosion and flooding in surrounding communities.
The ambitious portfolio of work within the TNC-Microsoft partnership is part of the reason that Coastal Resilience was awarded this year’s Geospatial World Excellence Award for its state-of-the-art mapping technology.
The Living Shoreline app is helping homeowners, engineers, and the regulatory community identify where wave energy conditions are best suited to use a living shoreline for erosion control in in several counties in North Carolina.
Esri and TNC share the story of planners in a South Carolina community that are taking steps to help homeowners save an estimated $128 each on their flood insurance, as part of the Community Rating System, in a newly developed Esri Learn Lesson.
TNC is excited to announce the launch of a suite of new products developed with Esri to help communities reduce their flood risk, make flood insurance more affordable, and increase their resilience through FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS).