NOAA study finds ‘living shorelines’ can lessen climate change’s effects
A recent NOAA study, shows “living shorelines” — protected and stabilized shorelines using natural materials such as plants, sand, and rock — can help to keep carbon out of the atmosphere, helping to blunt the effects of climate change.
Coastal Louisiana added to NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer
Scientists, regional managers, coastal planners, businesses and residents of Louisiana can now use NOAA’s popular Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer to assess their risks for coastal flooding under a variety of different scenarios.
Coastal erosion washes away beaches, threatens tourism in Senegal
The problem for tourism in Senegal, is not high prices or mismanagement, but coastal erosion that is blighting the West African country’s coast. The Atlantic has washed away beaches, forcing hotels to make drastic choices.
Carlsbad asks for emergency repairs to Highway 101, California
Astronomical high tides have washed away large sections of the beach and eroded chunks from the shoulder of Carlsbad Boulevard, also known has Highway 101.
Sand Berm May Not Be Enough to Protect Goleta Beach from Winter El Niño Storms
Santa Barbara County Parks Department staff walked the shoreline at Goleta Beach Park earlier this week to find that much of the work crews had done – a 2,400-foot sand berm – to protect the beach from coming El Niño storms had been washed away with high tides over the weekend.
USGS Projects Large Loss of Alaska Permafrost by 2100
Northern latitude tundra and boreal forests are experiencing an accelerated warming trend that is greater than in other parts of the world. This warming trend degrades permafrost, defined as ground that stays below freezing for at least two consecutive years.
When The Beach Fell Into The Sea, North Stradbroke Island, Australia
A section of beach that fell into the sea on North Stradbroke Island is starting to reappear.The “rapid beach erosion event” swallowed up an estimated 100m section of the beach.
Earth’s Riverine Bloodstream
In a sense, rivers are like airport terminals connecting air, mountains, rocks, plants, soil, and the ocean. And like travelers in airports, the materials transported by rivers can tell stories of where they’ve been, what’s happened to them, and where they’re going.
Coastal Erosion is Washing Away Our Archaeological Footprint, LA
As Louisiana coastline is lost through the combined processes of erosion and subsidence, archaeological sites that were once situated on land erode-away with it and end up submerged, damaged or destroyed fully.