Buffalo River Shipping Channel Cleanup

Ryba Marine Construction

Over the course of several years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have worked with many governmental and nonprofit partners in addition to different companies to complete dredging work in a shipping channel of […]
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developing Alaska buoy platform

Developing Alaska Buoy Platform

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Recent studies into global climate change have identified an increase in Arctic warming rates. These are linked to increased trends toward more sea ice loss that are leading many to anticipate the Arctic will become a more popular shipping route. […]
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North Caspian Sea dredging

Northern Caspian Sea Dredging

Gravity Environmental Consulting

Kazakhstan is a country not often associated with having a shoreline, let alone a marine environment. However, in the western corner of Kazakhstan lies a section of coastline along the Caspian Sea. Through a network of rivers and channels, the […]
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Bermuda North Channel dredging

Bermuda North Channel Dredging

CH2M HILL

Similar to how shipping vessels are getting larger and larger these days, cruise ships have too. Newly designed cruise vessels are longer, wider and packed with more amenities to give guests the best trips possible. But there are costs to […]
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Kadettangen beach construction project

Kadettangen Beach Construction Project

Cautus Geo

Not far from Oslo, Norway, a massive effort is underway to expand a public beachfront. The work is taking place along an area of Oslofjord called Kadettangen, a small peninsula that juts out into the bay. Once the work is […]
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Lake Erie tributary monitoring

Lake Erie Tributary Monitoring

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

The western basin of Lake Erie gets a lot of attention thanks to its role in large algal blooms, but it is not the only part of the lake affected by nutrient runoff. And there are organizations all around Lake […]
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San Diego Bay dredging

San Diego Bay Dredging

Anchor QEA

To clean up environmental contaminants released in its waters going back to the 1960s, the San Diego Regional Water Control Board ordered dredging actions to begin in San Diego Bay in March 2012. The plan of approach was clear: A […]
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Weir Installation Water Quality Effects

Weir Installation Water Quality Effects

Minnesota State University

Because of its location in an agricultural watershed, a ditch in Minnesota’s Blue Earth County was retrofitted with a weir to help control discharges of excess nutrient and sediment loads. Curious to see what effects the new construction had on […]
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Algae Bloom Monitoring Network

Oklahoma Water Resources Board

When the tourist season heats up in northeastern Oklahoma each year, the number of people flocking to Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees puts its population high enough to compete with that of larger cities in the state, including Oklahoma City […]
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tracking green parking lot runoff

Tracking Green Parking Lot Runoff

Wayne State University

When planners sat down to put together designs for a parking lot in southeast Michigan, they intended for it to be the end of the road for cars traveling through a series of parks near Detroit. That’s why the parking […]
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