The Changing Carolina Coast: Sand Is Everywhere, Except When It Isn’t
According to a database created by Western Carolina University’s Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, more than $500 million has been spent rebuilding North Carolina’s beaches. Since 1983, we’ve spent about $100 million alone replacing Highway 12, built on the sands of the Outer Banks.
The Ecological Effects of Beach Sand Mining in Ghana Using Ghost Crabs as Biological Indicators
Sandy beaches are habitat to many invertebrate biodiversity and threatened vertebrate species. However, extraction of sand is widespread along many developing nations’ beaches destroying the ecosystem services the area provides.
Peru Planning to Dam Amazon’s Main Source and Displace 1000s
Peru is proposing to build more than 20 dams on the main trunk of the currently free-flowing River Maranon, which births in the Andes and is the River Amazon’s main source.
Fiji: Beach Erosion
Like most of coastal Fiji, beach erosion is one of the biggest issues faced by villages in the Yasawa Group.
Study Reveals How Rivers Regulate Global Carbon Cycle
Nature has its own methods for the removal and long-term storage of carbon, including the world’s river systems, which transport decaying organic material and eroded rock from land to the ocean.
Ana Leaves Beach Erosion Problems Behind in Cherry Grove, SC
Tropical Storm Ana has moved on from the Grand Strand, but the storm left behind some serious beach erosion in the Cherry Grove area of North Myrtle Beach. It’s a low-lying area and was once the site of a natural inlet, before being filled in by developers.
Urge the Coastal Commission to protect Goleta Beach!
“We strongly believe that sustainable and responsible responses to the problem of Goleta’s beach erosion, require an adaptation and not a resistance to Nature.”
Ana Continues Slow Crawl, Leaving Beach Erosion and Rainfall in Wake
After blanketing the southeast region in rain and wind Sunday, Tropical Storm Ana continued its slow crawl north leaving behind localized beach erosion and record-breaking rainfall in its wake.
Comments on Goleta Beach Project Coastal Development Permit
Open Letter from Dr. Orrin Pilkey, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Geology Duke University presented before the California Coastal Commission. The CCC will hold a hearing May 13th, 2015, in Santa Barbara. The issue is whether the Commission will order the unpermitted, environmentally-damaging rock seawall from the western side of the Goleta Beach County Park, to be removed.