Notes for fellow maritime history geek on the grim saga of Boston-area shipwrecks in the 1800s:

History of the harbor – Eric Bender

#maritime #history #Boston

The catapult at Newton city hall, ready for this afternoon's pumpkin-smashing festival. #newton #boston #Halloween #recycling @npub1zgtw...c69a

Snails, mussels and seaweed: Boston project aims to bring life to barren seawalls "In Chelsea Creek, workers are re-engineering the lifeless stone wall into a 'Living Seawall,' by bolting 120 concrete panels onto the granite blocks. Each 40-pound, 2-foot-wide panel resembles a giant snowflake, covered with nooks and grooves. They'll be underwater at high tide, providing a home for seaweed and shellfish." #Boston #coast #environment #harbor @npub1zgtw...c69a

How these artificial reefs in New York City may offer protection from future storms While the “Living Breakwaters” can’t stop flooding, they will reduce daily erosion and damage from future storms. (This pioneering project is now mostly completed.) https://www.fastcompany.com/91218265/artificial-reefs-new-york-city-may-offer-protection-future-storms #climatechange #climatecrisis #sealevelrise #harbor #NewYork

You might think that cruise ships had stopped visiting Boston by Halloween week, but no. Here's Le Champlain, rather petite for a bluewater cruise ship at 430 feet long, fueling up this morning on the Reserve Channel. This afternoon, she headed out for Martinique. #boston #harbor #cruiseship

A City of Murals, Decades in the Making For 40 years, Mural Arts Philadelphia has been nurturing art and artists who have left their marks on walls and buildings throughout the city.

A City of Murals, Decades in the Making (Published 2024)

For 40 years, Mural Arts Philadelphia has been nurturing art and artists who have left their marks on walls and buildings throughout the city.

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The real reason billion-dollar disasters like Hurricane Helene are growing more common "Over time, migration to hazard-prone areas has increased, putting more people and property in harm’s way. Disasters are more expensive because there is more to destroy." https://wapo.st/3YiJgaz (shared, we hope) #climatechange #climatecrisis #hurricane #Helene

Flood Defenses Can Enhance the Public Realm To protect against future flooding, storm surges, and sea level rise, landscape architects are developing an innovative mix of green and grey solutions along the southern coast of Manhattan. These are not nature-based solutions but forms of armor. And designers are showing how this armature can be woven into the public realm, creating new kinds of infrastructure.

ASLA

Flood Defenses Can Enhance the Public Realm

#climatechange #climatecrisis #sealevelrise

Maryland Students’ Wooden Boats Launched at North Pole to Study Climate Change An international program called Float Your Boat sends the students' toy boats to the Arctic Ocean, where the boats are taken by icebreaker and placed on sea ice alongside one of the International Arctic Buoy Programme's floating GPS beacons. As the sea ice and the beacons drift, students can track the path of their individual boats.

Chesapeake Bay Magazine

MD Students’ Wooden Boats Launched at North Pole to Study Climate Change | Chesapeake Bay Magazine

Most of us who love boating or grew up along the Bay can remember making little wooden model boats at one time or another. Simple, prefabricated de...

#climatechange #climatecrisis