Local Julia Hopkins, an assistant professor at Northeastern University, is using coconut fibers, wood chips and other material to create floating mats to blunt the force of waves, and encourage growth of aquatic vegetation in Boston.Coastal communities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and around the world are adding a tropical twist to shoreline protection, courtesy of the humble coconut.
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