Dammed Rivers Create Hardship for Brazil’s Native Peoples
Indigenous community searches for new livelihoods , after the Itaparica dam on the São Francisco river cut them off from traditional agriculture and fishing, formely based on the regular seasonal rises in the river level.
Nantucket’s Big Dig: How could it happen?
Coastal communities in the Commonwealth, as well as up and down the seaboard, are dealing with the issue of erosion and erosion control…
Global Lessons for Adapting Coastal Communities to Protect against Storm Surge Inundation
Coastal inundation as a result of global sea-level rise and storm surge events is expected to affect many coastal regions and settlements. Adaptation is widely accepted as necessary for managing inundation risk. However, managing this risk is inherently contentious because of many uncertainties and because a large number of stakeholder interests and values are mobilized…
“We Were Once Three Miles From the Sea”
Grain by grain, West Africa’s coasts are eroding away, the dry land sucked under the water by a destructive mix of natural erosion and human meddling… Nyani Quarmyne has poignantly photographed the impacts of climate change on people living on the Ghana coast.
Excessive Erosion Sweeps Hawaii Homes Out To Sea
For most of Hawaii, the winter means big swells and excellent surfing. But for one neighborhood, the recent waves caught more than just surfers.
Coastal Erosion Threatening Beach Property In Yucatan
Coastal erosion is one of the main challenges of the environmental agenda of Yucatan, as the problem of beaches erosion is seen as increasing each year.
Town Neck Beach Eroding Despite Effort To Rebuild Dunes
Town Neck Beach is now as vulnerable as it was at the end of last winter’s series of battering storms and that has officials and coastal property owners worried.
National Assessment of Shoreline Change: Historical Shoreline Change Along the Pacific Northwest Coast
Beach erosion is a chronic problem along most open ocean shores. As coastal populations continue to increase and infrastructure is threatened by erosion, there is increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present trends and rates of shoreline movement.
Coastal Erosion Sparks ‘Sand Wars’ In New England
It’s the time of year our neighbors who live near the ocean fear the most. It’s the winter when storms pound our coast and steal tons of sand from our beaches. And the bigger problem is that available beach sand is becoming hard to find.