{"689303":{"#nid":"689303","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Go pound sand? Eroding federal beach repair funds worry Georgia vacation mecca.","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-alexander\u0022\u003EAlex Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, said pumping sand onshore is far from a perfect solution to stabilize a beach, but it\u2019s \u201cone of the best tools we have in our arsenal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s been done in the United States for almost a century in different places and we know how to do it,\u201d Robel said. \u201cWe\u2019re good at it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut nourishment is only a Band-Aid for erosion. Once cities start replenishing sand, Robel said they have to keep doing it regularly.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/robel-alexander\u0022\u003EAlex Robel\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, said pumping sand onshore is far from a perfect solution to stabilize a beach, but it\u2019s \u201cone of the best tools we have in our arsenal.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s been done in the United States for almost a century in different places and we know how to do it,\u201d Robel said. \u201cWe\u2019re good at it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut nourishment is only a Band-Aid for erosion. Once cities start replenishing sand, Robel said they have to keep doing it regularly.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2026-04-01 13:30:14","changed_gmt":"2026-04-01 15:30:45","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlanta Journal Constitution","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/2026\/03\/go-pound-sand-eroding-federal-beach-repair-funds-worry-georgia-vacation-mecca\/","dateline":{"date":"2026-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-03-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"175593","name":"School  of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"64881","name":"erosion"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}