The Beach: a River of Sand
You get up in the morning and go out on the beach. It is the same beach you walked on yesterday. Tomorrow you will go to the same beach and it will be there as always. The tide may have brought in some new shells or possibly some trash, but the beach is the beach. It hasn’t gone anywhere. That is an illusion.
Row Erupts over Jamaica’s Bid to Slow Beach Erosion
A plan that government says will slow the rate of erosion on Jamaica’s world-famous Negril beach is being opposed by the people whose livelihoods it is meant to protect. Those opposing the plan say the structures will do more damage than good.
Movement to Take Down Thousands of Dams Goes Mainstream
Twenty years ago, dam removal was a fringe notion, and early demolition efforts gained support only because the dams in question were no longer in use. Now, the U.S. dam removal movement has wide acceptance as well as bigger ambitions.
12 Dams that Changed the World
Renewable energy rather than mega dams and fossil fuels is the right choice for the 21st century. Even so, numerous destructive dams continue to be proposed and built on the Mekong, in the Amazon, throughout Africa, in China, the Himalayas and other parts of the world.
Progreso’s Prolonged Pier, Yucatan
The pier that extends from Progreso into the Gulf of Mexico is among the longest such structures in the world. Despite its arches, the structure as a whole has likely decreased the amount of sediment transported alongshore, leading to updrift accretion and downdraft erosion.
Erosion Creates Dangerous Situation on Waikiki Beach
Over the past several months severe erosion has caused a concrete slab near the water’s edge at Kuhio Beach to become exposed. Beach erosion in Waikiki has been a problem for decades and has resulted in at least 10 sand replenishment projects since 1939. 300,000 cubic yards of sand has been placed onto Waikiki Beach over the past 77 years.
Dams – Cutting off our Beach Sand; By Gary Griggs
The total amount of beach sand trapped behind all of California’s coastal dams totals about 200 million cubic yards, or a line of dump trucks bumper to bumper stretching completely around the world nearly four times. “Dams – Cutting off our Beach Sand” is excerpted from “Our Ocean Backyard- Collected Essays, ” a book by Gary Griggs.
Climate Change Takes A Village
As the planet warms, a remote Alaskan town shows just how unprepared we are.
West Coast Braces For Mudslides From Pineapple Express Storm
The huge, swirling system, the worst storm to strike the area in years – covered much of California Thursday – bringing strong gales and much-needed rain and snow, while 3 houses has fallen prey to the Pacific Ocean at Washaway Beach in Pacific County…