Nature and Biodiversity
How do barrier islands work and why they are so important?
Barrier islands protect coastlines from storms and provide vital ecological functions - here are some ways to better develop and conserve them.
Barrier islands protect coastlines from storms and provide vital ecological functions - here are some ways to better develop and conserve them.
When hurricanes like Florence make landfall, the first things they hit often are barrier islands – thin ribbons of sand that line the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It’s hard to imagine h...