Hotting up: how climate change could swallow Louisiana’s Tabasco island
With thousands of square miles of land already lost along the coast, Avery Island, home of the famed hot sauce, faces being marooned.
First lorry-load of sand arrives at storm-hit Hemsby beach, UK
Work has started to replace sand stripped away from a beach, following storms which left a row of houses perched on the edge of a cliff.
Seaside homes in Norfolk evacuated over fears they could fall into the sea, UK
Homes in Norfolk have been evacuated amid fears they could be washed into the sea, repeating devastating scenes of 2013.
Easter Island is critically vulnerable to rising ocean levels
Nicholas Casey, a New York Times correspondent based in Colombia, and Josh Haner, a Times photographer, traveled 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile to see how the rising ocean is erasing the island’s monuments.
Maps show Northland coastal erosion and flood threat to homes; NZ
Climate change, storm surges, tsunamis, earthquakes and poorly placed human footprints could all increase the risk of flooding and coastal erosion at sites identified on Northland Regional Council’s new coastal hazard maps.
Experts contradict govt on coastal erosion, Thailand
Experts reported that about 830 kilometres, or 30 per cent, of all coastlines in Thailand were at critical levels for erosion at a rate of more than five metres per year. This is far worse than stated in information from the coastal resources department.
In doomed Alaska town, hunters turn to drones and caribou as sea ice melts
Climate change is forcing indigenous people to find new ways to survive as a remote village of 600 grapples with rapid erosion.
Series of storms more than 150 years ago caused extensive erosion of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh
Flooding isn’t new to the Santa Barbara coastline. However, the inundation doesn’t always come from the mountains as it did last month in Montecito. Back in 1861-2, a series of large storms washed beach sand more than a quarter mile inland into what today is the Carpinteria Salt Marsh. Although historical accounts document the inland flooding, little has been known about how those storms impacted a now heavily developed California coast.
King Tides, Beach Erosion and Water Pollution—Can Waikīkī Be Saved?
More than a century ago, Waikīkī was the center of government and culture for Hawaiians, where streams met the ocean and fishponds provided food. By the late 1800s, this stunning shoreline started to lure visitors, creating a demand for accommodations on the beach. This development, which included the construction of seawalls, groins and piers, prompted the eroding of the very beach that had been attracting tourists.