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NASA Assesses Impact of Present and Future Sea-level Rise

In a recent news feature — “Sea-level Rise Hits Home at NASA” — NASA addresses the sustainability of their coastal facilities with the ever increasing threat from sea-level rise. Several storms in the last decade near Cape Canaveral, FL have already caused $100 million worth of damage to Kennedy Space Center. Research by Drs. Peter […]

Tampa Bay Times Article on KSC Research

An article by Craig Pittman about our research at Kennedy Space Center ran on the front page of the Tampa Bay Times today.  The story explains the work our lab group has conducted at KSC and the steps that NASA is taking to protect the threatened launch infrastructure.  Read the article here: http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/globalwarming/as-rising-sea-level-chomps-at-cape-canaveral-nasa-uses-nature-friendly/2211835