Several beaches on the western end of Jamaica could be totally wiped out in the next 5 to 10 years if local authorities and residents do not act now.
Read MoreThe science of why the beaches have eroded is not nearly as complex as the politics attached to their recovery.
Read MoreA 500 million euros Plan to strengthen levees in France
Four and a half months after the disaster caused by storm Xynthia, the french “Plan Digues” is presented.
Read MoreTHESEUS:Innovative technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate
THESEUS is the largest Integrated Project funded by the European Commission (6,530,000 €) and consists of 31 partner institutes. The project will develop during the next four years a systematic approach to deliver both a low-risk coast for human use and healthy coastal habitats for evolving coastal zones subjected to multiple factors.
Read MoreLa Faute-sur-Mer and l’Aiguillon-sur-Mer beaches, Vendée, France; By Claire Le Guern
The main attractions of the coastal towns besides the beaches are the Nature Reserve, and the off shore mussel farms. Not anymore.
Read MoreJane Lubchenco says that precisely because the communities were so close to the epicenter, tsunami waves arrived “almost instantaneously.”
Read MoreA slide show of European Bad Beach Management by Andrew Cooper.
Read MoreHurricane Katrina destroyed communities in Louisiana. Ike leveled the Port Bolivar peninsula and parts of Galveston.
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