Coastal defence

The coast is an intrinsic part of British identity – and perhaps nowhere is it more at risk than in the East of England. Cambridge researchers are...

Professor Tom Spencer from Cambridge’s Department of Geography and Professor Gerd Masselink from the University of Plymouth say evidence suggests...

Study finds that natural flood defences such as salt marshes can reduce the height of damaging waves in storm surge conditions by close to 20%.

For researchers at the University at Cambridge, recent storm damage is providing vital data that could help improve future flood warnings and...

Human activity is currently a bigger threat to mangroves, and the natural defences they provide against storm surges and other coastal disasters...

Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and...