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Predictive Tools for Coastal Resilience: New Research on Coastal Dune Evolution

As natural hazards impact coastal areas, tools that can model potential future scenarios are essential for planners. In a recent article published on DredgeWire, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) researchers Nick C...

November

2024

N-EWN Seminar: The Tibbetts Brook Daylighting and Greenway Project: Restoring a Waterway in New York City

This presentation will discuss the Tibbetts Brook Daylighting and Greenway project. Until the late 1800s, Tibbetts Brook flowed through Westchester, into the Bronx through the Van Cortlandt plantation to Van Cortlandt...

S8 E3 Creative Applications of Nature-Based Solutions to Protect and Preserve National Parks

Extreme storms and rising sea levels are putting America’s coastal national parks at high risk. How best to conserve and preserve the unique landscapes and important cultural heritage of these national treasures was t...

Potential Engineering With Nature® Features to be Incorporated at Woodtick Peninsula

Woodtick Peninsula is a barrier peninsula in western Lake Erie where restoration activities are being planned to combat erosion of the peninsula wetlands through placement of dredged material. As part of the restorati...

Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment by 3D Printing Into Nature-Inspired Infrastructure

This poster highlights innovative EWN research utilizing 3D printing technology, exploring the use of dredged sediment as feedstock for 3D printing to create nature-based solutions (NBS). This work aligns with the goa...

Engineering With Nature at Restore America’s Estuaries Summit: Advancing Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Resilience

10 October 2024 | Crystal City, VA The Engineering With Nature (EWN) Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) participated in the 2024 Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) Summit, a premier gathering dedica...

Preliminary Investigations into the Use of Dredge Material as a Substrate for the Growth of Benthic Organisms

Presented at Hollings Marine Lab (HML) Science Day at the Fort Johnson Marine Science Complex in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 3, 2024. HML Science Day is a day-long symposium to showcase research activities ...

S8 E2 Channeling our Superpowers for Planetary Health – Continuing our Conversation with Dr. Chris Lemon

In Season 8, Episode 2, host Sarah Thorne and Jeff King, National Lead of the Engineering With Nature (EWN) Program, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), welcome back Dr. Christopher Lemon, a physician and Assistant Pr...

EWN Presence & Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives at ASBPA 2024 – ERDC Strongly Represented

The 2024 ASBPA Conference in Galveston, Texas, provided a vital platform for the Engineering With Nature (EWN) Program to share its groundbreaking work on nature-based solutions (NBS) and strengthen collaborations wit...

Evaluating permanganate oxidizable carbon (POXC)’s potential for differentiating carbon pools in wetland soils

Soil carbon (C) storage is a globally important ecosystem service with the potential to contribute to climate change mitigation. Wetlands are heavily researched hot spots for soil C storage. Despite the growing number...

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