This Sinking Isle: The Homeowners Battling Coastal Erosion
As sea levels rise, thousands of people on the coast of Britain have been forced to move inland.
Antigua Draws a Line in the Vanishing Sand
Jabberwock beach, located on the northeastern coast of Antigua, features a mile-long white sand beach and is a favourite with locals and visitors alike. But residents who frequent the area for exercise and other recreational activities, are worried that the beach is quickly disappearing.
Letter: Beach Erosion Lesson
The Kiawah Island developers who want legislators to change a proposed state law so that they can build on accreted beach should look at the east end of Folly Island to see the absurdity of their desire.
Hydropower Could be Risky Bet in Warming World
An indicator of where renewables investors are focusing their attention, large hydropower was left out of a major United Nations and Bloomberg report published this week showing that global investments in renewables spiked 17 percent in 2014.
California Water Board Supports Searsville Dam Removal
Today, the State Water Board sent Stanford a powerful letter supporting Searsville Dam removal, and stressing the importance of safely restoring sediment flow blocked by the dam for the health of the creek downstream and resiliency of San Francisco Bay wetlands and coastal communities in the face of sea level rise.
Polis Beach Erosion the Worst in 20 Years, Cyprus
Climate change could be the reason for conditions which have led to drastic coastal erosion at a popular Polis beach, and experts say bad weather which battered the island has caused the worst erosion witnessed for at least twenty years.
Cyclones, Human Interference Among Reasons for Beach Erosion
Andhra Pradesh government has said that extreme events like cyclones, tsunami, sand scarcity, sea level rise and human interventions are some of the reasons for shoreline erosion, in this state located on India’s southeastern coast.
Coastal Erosion and its Impacts, Plum Island, MA
Most observers of the Atlantic’s behavior toward Plum Island would suggest that Massachusetts stakeholders might make some changes in the way state regulations deal with erosion, storm damage and river dredging.
Waikiki Beach Is Totally Man-Made And Disappearing. Can Hawaii Save It?
Waikiki Beach has had erosion problems since the late-1800s when developers began erecting hotels and homes too close to the natural shoreline and building seawalls and other structures that blocked the natural ebb and flow of sand along the beach.