Major Pollution And Erosion at Famous Beach, Malaysia
Erosion along the famous Batu Ferringhi beach was common but had become more serious allegedly, because of reclamation works, both legal and illegal, in nearby areas. Compounding the problem is a patch of black water, about the size of a football field, near the spot of the erosion in the tourist belt.
Threaten By Rising Sea, A 5 story Building Is Evacuated
The owners of a five story building built on a coastal dune in the french southwestern town of Soulac-sur-Mer, have been ordered to evacuate. Built 40 years ago, 200 meters away from the shoreline, the building now stands only 20 meters away from the ocean.
Erosion Happens: Can We Deal With It?
Coastal communities are increasingly experiencing the impacts of an encroaching ocean. Storm waves are eroding beaches and flooding developed areas. Rising sea levels are taking land. The ocean’s power even when it’s seemingly tranquil is unmatched, but when it’s angry our continued disrespect proves costly…
Dammed Rivers Create Hardship for Brazil’s Native Peoples
Indigenous community searches for new livelihoods , after the Itaparica dam on the São Francisco river cut them off from traditional agriculture and fishing, formely based on the regular seasonal rises in the river level.
Nantucket’s Big Dig: How could it happen?
Coastal communities in the Commonwealth, as well as up and down the seaboard, are dealing with the issue of erosion and erosion control…
Global Lessons for Adapting Coastal Communities to Protect against Storm Surge Inundation
Coastal inundation as a result of global sea-level rise and storm surge events is expected to affect many coastal regions and settlements. Adaptation is widely accepted as necessary for managing inundation risk. However, managing this risk is inherently contentious because of many uncertainties and because a large number of stakeholder interests and values are mobilized…
“We Were Once Three Miles From the Sea”
Grain by grain, West Africa’s coasts are eroding away, the dry land sucked under the water by a destructive mix of natural erosion and human meddling… Nyani Quarmyne has poignantly photographed the impacts of climate change on people living on the Ghana coast.
Excessive Erosion Sweeps Hawaii Homes Out To Sea
For most of Hawaii, the winter means big swells and excellent surfing. But for one neighborhood, the recent waves caught more than just surfers.
Coastal Erosion Threatening Beach Property In Yucatan
Coastal erosion is one of the main challenges of the environmental agenda of Yucatan, as the problem of beaches erosion is seen as increasing each year.