CRC’s own Pam Rubinoff provided insight into Rhode Island’s shoreline resiliency at Salve Regina University last Thursday, during the Pell Center’s “Adapting to Changing Climate: Policy Choices Facing Rhode Island” event. Rubinoff, a member of the Beach SAMP team, urged attendees to consider different types of resiliency across RI’s coast.

“We’ve gone to all 21 coastal communities to look at the future with some maps,” said Pamela Rubinoff, of URI’s Coastal Resources Center. “While we don’t know when the next nor’easter or hurricane will come, we do know that the damage is going to be worse. How can we choose to act differently? Will we need to retreat in some areas? In some areas, yes. In all areas we need to be more resilient.”

Read more at ecoRI: Models Predict 3-5 Feet of Sea-Level Rise by 2100.