Nicholas School Faculty: Orrin H. Pilkey

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Orrin H. Pilkey

Articles/Reports:

February 23, 2012 - Rethinking Living Shorelines -(Report) [Living Shorelines] -- Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Western Carolina University

Multimedia:

August 26, 2011 - Irene's Potential to Be Bad -(Interview with Bill Leslie) -- WRAL TV 5
March 17, 2010 - Beachfront facelifts costing taxpayers millions - -- NBC Nightly News
December 05, 2009 - The Rising Seas -(Quirks & Quarks, radio program) -- CBC Radio
September 03, 2003 - Discussion of Barrier Islands -WUNC, The State of Things

News Clips:

March 15, 2012 - Weighing the Risk of Sea-Level Rise - -- NY Times
November 07, 2011 - Alligator River Refuge Rolls Back From Rising Sea - -- Miller-McCune.com
September 05, 2011 - Barrier islands: NC highway is a glimpse of the future - -- Miami Herald
September 04, 2011 - Bellwether for changing times - -- The Durham News
August 26, 2011 - When will we ever learn the lessons of hurricanes? - -- CNN
August 25, 2011 - Hurricane Irene: 'Just what the islands need - -- LA Times
August 22, 2011 - Shorelines that may not last -(also in New York Times) -- Charlotte Observer
August 09, 2011 - Basics and batik of climate change - -- NewScientist
April 26, 2011 - Scientists Discover 657 Islands Sitting Under our Noses - -- Time
April 25, 2011 - Should nations's taxpayers be paying for beach-fill efforts? - -- The Inquirer (philly.com)
April 22, 2011 - Hundreds of Islands New to Science - -- ABCNews.com
April 22, 2011 - Earth has 657 more islands than the last time we counted - -- TheStar.com
April 21, 2011 - Hundreds of Islands New to Science - -- DiscoveryNews.com
April 20, 2011 - Barrier Islands Exist Pretty Much Everywhere - -- Planetsave.com
April 20, 2011 - 657 new islands discovered worldwide - -- The Huffington Post
April 20, 2011 - Wave new world: Satellite images help scientists discover 657 new barrier islands - -- Mail Online
April 20, 2011 - 657 new islands discovered worldwide - -- Mother Nature Network (mnn.com)
April 20, 2011 - Hundreds of barrier islands newly identified in global survey - -- Science Daily
April 20, 2011 - 657 new barrier islands discovered - -- MSNBC.com
April 20, 2011 - New Cound Made of World's Barrier Islands - -- UPI.com
April 20, 2011 - 657 New Islands Discovered Worldwide - -- LiveScience.com
May 10, 2010 - Group envisions restored beach near Marblehead - -- The Toledo Blade
March 26, 2010 - Property Lines - A Stake in the Sand - -- The New York Times
December 28, 2009 - Beach renourishment pros and cons weighed - -- The Daily Times (Delaware)
November 29, 2009 - Rising Sea Levels: a Strategy for N.C. - -- News & Observer, Ral., N.C.
September 20, 2009 - Rising seas could bust Pensacola Beach boom - -- Pensacola News Journal
September 15, 2009 - Meeting Kicks off Discussion about Coastal Erosion Control - -- Sun Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
September 07, 2009 - Environmental Ideas Put in Print with Select Audiences in Minda - -- The New York Times
September 01, 2009 - Katrina's Warning Unheeded -(B'More Green: An Environmental Blog for Everyday Living) -- Baltimore Sun
March 27, 2009 - Washington is Stimulating 'Underwater' Projects" - -- The New York Times
March 08, 2009 - Surfers Deal a Blow to a Beach Dredging Project - -- New York Times
January 19, 2009 - Damage from Ike Threatens Galveston Seawall - -- Houston Chronicle
September 28, 2008 - More stalls for cars than beach for people - -- News Journal (Pensacola, Fla.)
September 20, 2008 - Ike renews debate over coastal development - -- Houston Chronicle
September 12, 2008 - Beating Back the Ocean Proves an Enduring Riddle - -- The Wall Street Journal
August 29, 2008 - Coalition hoping for sea change as ocean levels rise - -- Charleston Post and Courier
August 28, 2008 - Experts: Ocean level rise could cost SC billions - -- Forbes.com
July 01, 2008 - Re-engineering America's Beaches, 1 Tax Dollar at a Time - -- Popular Mechanics
May 21, 2008 - Why A Gulf Wetlands May Become A City - -- Christian Science Monitor
February 29, 2008 - Q&A: Life on the Edge - -- onearth.org (Natural Resources Defense Council)
February 20, 2008 - Swept Away By The Sea: Is It Happening Again? - -- The Independent
February 15, 2008 - Millions Wasted Trying to Stop Beach Erosion - -- CBS4.com
October 02, 2007 - Coastal buyout talk roils lives in Mississippi - -- LA Times
September 30, 2004 - Saving Our Shifting Shores - -- Tallahassee Democrat
July 05, 2004 - Saving Hunting Island: Critics weigh pros, cons of renourishment proposal - -- The State
June 18, 2004 - Seafloor Shifts Can Displace Beaches - -- Discovery Channel
May 29, 2004 - In wake of hurricane, rich towns get $15 million for sand - -- Washington Post
Rising Price of Gold Fuels Destruction of Amazon - -- LiveScience.com
Sea level rise would devastate Charleston - -- Associated Press

News Releases - Duke:

July 26, 2006 - One Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina -
May 01, 2006 - Getting to the 'Corps' of the Problem -
January 06, 2005 - After the Tsunami -
September 13, 2004 - Hurricanes Bring Benefits to Barrier Islands and Beaches, Even as They Devastate Communities Located There, Duke Researchers Say -
June 10, 2003 - Researchers Able to Monitor Hurricanes' Effects on North Carolina's Barrier Islands, Sounds -
May 20, 2003 - Geologist Teams with Batik Artist for Book about Islands -

News Releases - Other:

April 19, 2011 - Hundreds of Barrier Islands Newly Identified in Global Survey - -- Nicholas School of the Environment
August 26, 2009 - Will Rising Seas Scuttle Beach Development? - -- Nicholas School of the Environment

News Stories:

March 02, 2012 - New Report Questions Use of Hard-Stabilized "Living Shorelines" in Estuaries - [Report] -- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke Univ.
December 16, 2011 - Orrin Pilkey Receives 2011 Frankenberg Oceanographic Award - -- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke Univ.
August 24, 2009 - Rob Young co-authors book about the threat of sea-level rise - -- Western Carolina University
June 27, 2008 - Orrin Pilikey Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from N.C. Coastal Federation - -- Nicholas School of the Environment

Op-Eds:

March 25, 2012 - Damaging sea-level rise is on the way - -- The Charlotte Observer (viewpoint)
February 23, 2012 - The state's sea level retreat - -- The News & Observer (Ral., N.C.)
January 10, 2012 - Global Skepticism and Global Change - -- Berfrois.com
October 08, 2011 - The road ahead on the Outer Banks - -- The News and Observer (Ral., N.C.)
April 26, 2011 - Oregon Inlet, 2011: How we got here - -- The News & Observer (Ral., N.C.)
March 01, 2011 - Rising to the sea's challenge - -- The News & Observer (Ral., N.C.)
December 13, 2010 - Op-ed: Our environmental blinders hinder our ability to change - -- Fayetteville Observer
August 23, 2010 - Barrier islands and sea-level rise - -- The News & Observer (Ral., N.C.)
March 14, 2010 - Sea level at N.C. coast could be 7 feet higher by 2100 - -- News-Record (Greensboro, N.C.)
February 03, 2010 - Much back-and-forth, but the sea still rises - -- The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 15, 2010 - - -- Guardian.co.uk
January 14, 2010 - How High Will Seas Rise? - -- Environment 360 (a pub of Yale School of Forestry)
January 08, 2010 - Doubt global warming? The planet won't tell a lie - -- USA Today
September 14, 2009 - Orrin Pilkey and Rob Young: Sea level rise and the farm - -- StarNewsonline.com (Wilmington, N.C.)
September 23, 2008 - Flood. Rebuild. Repeat. - -- USA Today
September 05, 2008 - City's Flooded Future - -- Charleston Post and Courier
May 05, 2008 - Carolinas need flexibility to counter continued sea-level rise -Charleston Post & Courier -- none
March 13, 2008 - Holding the line on terminal groins - -- News & Observer
March 07, 2008 - Save Coast from Engineers - -- Charlotte Observer
December 01, 2004 - Pumping up new beach trouble - -- News & Observer
September 28, 2004 - Hurricanes' lesson: Don't build on the beach - -- USA Today
September 02, 2003 - Beaches or Buildings: Oregonians will have to choose - -- The Oregonian
April 02, 2003 - NC Beaches Malnourished - -- Charlotte Observer

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