Tracking the Hide-and-Seek Game Between Beaches and Tides
It is one of the marvels of the shore: the daily rhythm of the beach growing and shrinking with the changing tide. That beguiling strip of land revealed by low tide and concealed by high tide is known as the intertidal zone. It is beguiling to scientists, too.
This local beach has the best boardwalk in America
Coastal Living magazine has named New Hampshire‘s 1.3-mile “old-school” Hampton Beach boardwalk, the best in America, due to its long stretch of shops facing the water, its wide and sandy beach, and its world-famous annual sand sculpting competition.
Jars of sand from the beach among the most common items flagged, Florida
Travelers check an average of 2 million bags a year while flying out of Southwest Florida International Airport. TSA agents have seen it all; but said the most common item to be flagged in SWFL is the jar of sand you saved from the beach…