How to Protect Florida Coasts from Hurricane Storm Surge

We visit the University of Miami's SUSTAIN Lab, where an interdisciplinary team of researchers is working to protect coasts from deadly hurricane storm surge. Their approach mixes engineering with natural ecosystems that slow storm surge. They have begun testing the SEAHIVE system, which combines concrete with mangrove trees and corals to create a living coastline that is also armored.
Thank you to the Alfred Glassel Jr. SUrge-STructure-Atmosphere INteraction Laboratory, at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science.
You can read more about it on the WFSU Ecology Blog:
This segment was produced in collaboration with NOVA. NOVA's Weathering the Future premieres on Wednesday April 12 at 9 pm ET on WFSU-TV. Major funding for WEATHERING THE FUTURE and the CLIMATE ACROSS AMERICA Science and Society Project is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by the GBH Planet Future Fund.