2019.12.04

Breaking Waves

New York State aims to build “living” barriers off Staten Island for storm defense and ecological restoration

Devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in New Dorp Beach on Staten Island in 2012. |Robert Nickelsberg Getty Images

Devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in New Dorp Beach on Staten Island in 2012. |Robert Nickelsberg Getty Images

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