Davina Passeri

Oct 22, 2024 | pubs.usgs.gov | Patrick Barnard |Davina Passeri

The management of developed barrier islands is often piece-meal and reactionary despite the complex, dynamic nature of these systems, and sustainable practices will become increasingly difficult due to heightened pressures of climate change. Adaptation actions, including nature-based solutions, need to be thoroughly evaluated prior to implementation to understand system-wide impacts and avoid maladaptation. Anarde et al. (2024a), (https://doi.org/10.1029/2023ef003672), Anarde et al.

Sep 28, 2024 | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Patrick Barnard |Davina Passeri

1 Commentary Barrier islands are complex, dynamic landforms that often exist at the intersection of human and ecological communities. Modern barrier systems began forming after the Last Glacial Maximum (∼20 ka) and have transgressed across the continental shelf over 100 km in some instances (Belknap & Kraft, 1981) in response to increasing sea level.

Aug 25, 2023 | usgs.gov | Petersburg Coastal |Robert Jenkins |Davina Passeri |Christopher Smith

Coastal estuaries are economically and ecologically significant environments that provide a range of services to ecosystems and human communities. Located in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Grand Bay is an open coast estuary at the border of Mississippi and Alabama that is experiencing high rates of shoreline erosion as a result of storms and sea level rise (SLR).