This Will Be the Biggest Dam-Removal Project in History
More than 400 miles of the Klamath River system that have been blocked for a century will open up for people and wildlife. Federal officials, the states of Oregon and California, and the utility PacifiCorp signed agreements opening the way for removal of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, which flows from Oregon through Northern California.
Army Corps To Study Sand Erosion On Oceanside Beaches, Southern California
The Army Corps of Engineers is launching a 3-year study on how to mitigate the beach sand loss in Oceanside, as North County beach cities are in a constant battle with Mother Nature.
Coastal erosion claiming one metre of land from Geraldton beach each year, study reveals
Coastal erosion is claiming more than a metre of land every year from parts of a seaside city on Western Australia’s Mid West coast, and the rate has increased significantly in recent decades, a new study has revealed.
Five sea level rise studies that could help cities plan for climate change
Pacifica is a prime example of what many coastal communities on the West Coast will face as sea levels continue to rise. Inevitably, more bluffs will erode, more shoreline will disappear, and people will have to either adjust current buildings and infrastructure, or evacuate.
Alabama has been destroying its natural coast
From its beginning Alabama has been endowed with some of the finest natural white sand beach and dune systems in the nation, but, over time, we have preserved less, and destroyed more of this asset than any other state. We have literally “paved paradise and put up a parking lot!
Old ruins emerging on SF beach reveal long battle to halt erosion
About a month ago, some San Franciscan beachgoers noticed something new on Ocean Beach, at the end of Taraval Street — the ruins of a mysterious structure of some kind emerging from the sand, like the remnants of a lost city.
Long-term solution sought to problem of Ocean Beach erosion
Every few years, caravans of yellow trucks move thousands of tons of sand from the north end of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach to eroded areas at the south end. And almost immediately, the silvery tide begins carrying it back to where it came from.
Cape Cod Beach Erosion
With the bluff in the area washing away at 1-2 feet a year, homeowners know they’re at the mercy of mother nature…
Kiwi graves disappearing off cliffs in Rarotonga ‘like no one cares’
A cemetery in the Pacific nation literally washing away, and the Cook Islands government is refusing to do anything about it.