If you’re noticing shoreline erosion around your lake, ask yourself these questions to find out which method of erosion control is best for your lake, natural or structural.
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March 1st, 2010Soil Erosion Prone Areas Mapped out by GPS
December 23rd, 2009By the year 2006 soil was being swept and washed away 10-40 times faster than it was being replenished according to ScienceDaily.com. The study was conducted by the University of Cornell and to give you an idea of the magnitude, that is cropland the size of Indiana. Couple this with the world’s ever-increasing demand for [...]
Read MoreErosion Restoration Concern on Study Showing Sea-Levels Rising Faster!
December 16th, 2009A new report has come out from an international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania that shows sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century than at any time in the past 4,000 years. Add in the violent storms, hurricanes, tsunamis [...]
Read MoreErosion Restoration in the Winter Time
December 9th, 2009The winter season is practically upon us, and that means for those of you not hiding out in Florida, that your golf courses may be closed for a period.
But while you’re hibernating for a few months next to the fireplace, golf courses are kicking into full-maintenance gear; preparing for the all-out assault on their beautifully [...]
Erosion Restoration Attending the Carolinas Conference & Trade Show 2009
November 12th, 2009Next week Erosion Restoration will be attending the 2009 Annual Golf Conference and Trade Show in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Golf courses being many of our major clients, we understand the detail and time that goes into maintaining the appearance of any professional course. From watering the greens to expensive irrigation systems, keeping up living ecological habitats [...]
Read MoreHumans Causing Erosion: Comparable to Rivers & Glaciers
October 14th, 2009It has always been common knowledge that the main two causes of erosion to the earth’s surface are water and wind, two occurrences that are not only natural, but contribute to the life cycle and food chain. Recently a new study conducted by the University of British Columbia has found that large-scale farming projects and [...]
Read MoreErosion: A Major Threat to India
September 28th, 2009Soil and shoreline erosion are affecting Indian villages in detrimental ways. The Paradeep port, the major port in Orissa has caused massive erosion across northern beaches. The most extreme incident occurred at Satbhaya panchayat where five villages were consumed by the sea. Scientific studies by the National Institute of Ocean Technology have shown that all [...]
Read MoreMexico’s Disappearing Beaches
September 22nd, 2009Mexico’s tourism industry has certainly been hit hard as of late; a sagging economy mixed with a swine flu outbreak during hurricane season, not to mention the beaches are disappearing. Yes, Mexico has experienced considerable shoreline erosion in the last few years, especially since Hurricane Wilma battered the Yucatan Peninsula hard in 2005, washing away [...]
Read MoreA Cold Winter Up Ahead
September 2nd, 2009Interesting enough, with global warming being a headliner on most day to day environmental issues, according to an article posted on cnn.com, the U.S. population can expect colder than average temperatures this winter season. It all greatly depends on where you live as to whether or not you’re excited for cold weather, or not looking [...]
Read MoreClimate Change and Legal Action
August 25th, 2009What caught my eye in reading up on my daily news last week was the headline “Environmentalists hope UN talks tough on climate change.” (CNN.com) A conference talk on climate changes between the UN is scheduled to take place in Copenhagen this December, which it should come to no surprise how many environmentalists are thrilled. [...]
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