An idea for surviving future storms: Raise coast

  • By BRUCE SMITH
    Associated Press
  • Thursday, November 22th, 2012
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A development along the Intracoastal Waterway in Mount Pleasant is seen in this photograph taken on Wednesday. Scientists at Clemson University and Georgia Tech have proposed it could be possible to raise the coastline during an era of sea level rise by injecting sediment-laden slurry into fractures beneath the earth’s surface.

A development along the Intracoastal Waterway in Mount Pleasant is seen in this photograph taken on Wednesday. Scientists at Clemson University and Georgia Tech have proposed it could be possible to raise the coastline during an era of sea level rise by injecting sediment-laden slurry into fractures beneath the earth’s surface.