Her research focuses on design adaptation to sea level rise in urban coastal environments, as well as rethinking landscape restoration practices given the dynamics of climate change. Seavitt is the co-author, with Guy Nordenson and Adam Yarinsky, of the book On the Water: Palisade Bay (Hatje Cantz, 2010), an infrastructural and ecological study and planning proposal for New York Harbor given the effects of sea level rise. This work served as the inspiration for the workshop and exhibition, Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront, held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2010. She is currently investigating the history, processes, and ethics of the de-domestication of large herbivores for grassland restoration and land management.