Asilah, Morocco: A Coastal Town Seeking Modernity; By Celie Dailey
Asilah is a beautifully revived town on the Atlantic coast of Morocco whose medina is white washed every year in preparation for its annual arts festival. Outside the medina walls lapped by ocean tides, there is a craggy shore with bright green algae growing on its eroded rocks. To the north, there are wide, flat sandy beaches but to the south, cliffs and caves are found on shoreline.
Finding Floating Forests
If you have ever walked along the California coast, you’ve likely had to navigate around clumps of seaweed. Before it was thrown up by the surf and left to dry on the beach, that seeming jetsam was part of a majestic underwater forest just offshore.
Stop Confusing Coasts with Shores; By John R. Gillis
We have gotten into the habit of using the terms coast and shore interchangeably. But there is a difference, and it is not just semantic.
9 Houses That Prove Your Dream Home Is Also A Green Home
“Green building” is an effort to curb the environmental toll of inefficient homes, and it’s taking hold in the construction sector. Nine architects talk about their stunning projects that are not only sustainable, but beautiful too…
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Beach Science Norma Longo Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences | Nicholas School of the EnvironmentDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina, USA 27708 The following is a list of books that should be of interest to those who love beaches These books, arranged alphabetically by author or editor, range from technical presentations for specialists to […]
Cemeteries in the Sea; By William J. Neal & Orrin H. Pilkey
Cemeteries by the sea are silent sentinels. Like lighthouses and coastal fortifications, they bear dates of former times when they were on high and dry land. By William J. Neal and Orrin H. Pilkey.
The Coastal Consciousness of John Gillis
Climate change is real and serious, but was not last fall’s “natural disaster,” like Katrina and like all the rest to come, as much about human failures, in infrastructure, planning, and our proclivity for building homes on shifting sandbars, as it was natural catastrophe? Those questions aren’t new.
Earth’s Changing Face: A NASA Image Gallery
In celebration of this year’s Earth Day on April 22, NASA’s Webby Award-winning Global Climate Change website, has unveiled a new version of its popular image gallery, “State of Flux. Each image pair in the continuously updated gallery highlights before-and-after impacts of change including the destruction wrought by extreme events, the retreat of glaciers caused by climate change, and the expanding footprint of urban areas due to population growth.