The Port of Rotterdam is already Europe’s biggest port, but the Maasvlakte 2 Land Reclamation Project will triple its container capacity in one bold stroke. Stretching 3 miles beyond the former coastline, Maasvlakte 2 will be as large as Midtown and Downtown Manhattan combined.
Read MoreIn a major restoration project last year, millions of cubic yards (meters) of sand were dredged from the sandy bottom of the Caribbean and pumped ashore in Cancun. The project created a seven-mile stretch of beach some 40 to 70 yards (meters) wide, at a cost of about $70 million. It is already washing away.
Read MoreOn the Waikiki shoreline, what’s here today will be gone tomorrow.
Read MoreThe science of why the beaches have eroded is not nearly as complex as the politics attached to their recovery.
Read MoreKashima, 80 km east of Tokyo, is one of Japan’s most important ports.
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