North Carolina law has prohibited hardened structures on its beaches and inlets for more than two decades.
Read MoreOrrin H. Pilkey and area locals offer their perspective on North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.
Read MoreThis film explores the issues of the North Carolina coast through interviews with coastal experts and visits to numerous sites along the NC coast.
Read MoreWorld famous coastal geologist Orrin H. Pilkey takes us to the beach and explains why erosion has become a problem.
Read MoreJane Lubchenco says that precisely because the communities were so close to the epicenter, tsunami waves arrived “almost instantaneously.”
Read MoreOn the northeast coast of South Africa, one of the longest and most beautiful beaches in the world runs unbroken for 150 km between the inlets of the St. Lucia and Kosi Estuaries.
Read MoreSand bags are used to stabilize buildings that are threatened by the ocean.
Read MoreSouth Nags Head, North Carolina; By Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma Longo & Joseph T. Kelly
South Nags Head, North Carolina, is a 5 mile long, 200 meter wide, strip of beach cottage development at the south end of town of Nags Head.
Read MoreAnegada, the most northeasterly of the British Virgin Islands is a sandy island that sits on top of a Pleistocene reef that is now exposed above sea level.
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