Name: A new way to "grow" islands and coastlines
Uploaded: 2020-05-04T15:06:46Z
Duration: 7 min 17 s
Description: What if we could harness the ocean's movement to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels? Designer and TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits shows how his lab is creating a dynamic, adaptable system of underwater structures that uses energy from ocean waves to accumulate sand and restore eroding shorelines -- working with the forces of nature to build rather than destroy.

What if we could harness the ocean's movement to protect coastal communities from rising sea levels? Designer and TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits shows how his lab is creating a dynamic, adaptable system of underwater structures that uses energy from ocean waves to accumulate sand and restore eroding shorelines -- working with the forces of nature to build rather than destroy. 

Skylar Tibbits: A new way to "grow" islands and coastlines

A new way to "grow" islands and coastlines

Harnessing ocean waves' energy transforms destructive forces into allies, creating sand accumulations to combat erosion.

Innovative underwater geometries collaborate with waves to build rather than destroy, offering a sustainable solution to coastal erosion.

Harnessing ocean waves to create dynamic, adaptable underwater structures that accumulate sand and combat shoreline erosion.