Harvard Says This is How Miami Beach Avoids a ‘Dystopian’ Future of Sea Level Rise – Miami Herald
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Article Synopsis – A Harvard professor and a team of 50 graduate students have spent two and a half years developing new ideas that they hope will make Miami Beach resilient to sea level rise. Some of these ideas include “giant, concrete water-holding cisterns in Flamingo Park and on roofs. Buildings with “sacrificial floors” on top of a layer of limestone that would serve as a “sponge pad” for excess water. Deepening Collins Canal and using that excavated rock, muck and sand to elevate nearby properties”. To read the actual article click here.