The Long Island East Side Access project, now under construction, will allow Long Island Rail Road commuters to travel to a new terminus in Grand Central.

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Still, the implications of the Rutgers project unnerve residents of Surf City, on Long Beach Island, where the map shows water pouring over nearly all of the barrier island's six municipalities with a 6-foot increase in sea levels.

WSJ: Map Plots Rising Seas Street by Jersey Street

Around 120 diaries are being presented to Anglesey archives department as part of a year-long project to chronicle daily life on the island.

BBC: Anglesey diaries presented to island archive

Nature groups like the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and government-funded research organizations such as Connecticut Sea Grant and the Long Island Sound Study sponsored Mr. Yarish's seaweed project to show how seaweed can keep nutrient pollution in check.

WSJ: Connecticut Seaweed: Life Down on the Kelp Farm

On Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in a report that a long-stalled shoreline sand-replenishment project covering the coast from Fire Island to Montauk Point was eligible for full federal funding, though the project hasn't received final authorization.

WSJ: The Fire Island Blues