A new way to grow islands and coastlines, Skylar Tibbits

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. 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. The