South Nags Head, North Carolina; By Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma Longo & Joseph T. Kelly

South Nags Head, North Carolina, is a 5 mile long, 200 meter wide, strip of beach cottage development at the south end of town of Nags Head.
Anegada, British Virgin Islands; By Andrew Cooper

Anegada, the most northeasterly of the British Virgin Islands is a sandy island that sits on top of a Pleistocene reef that is now exposed above sea level.
Marconi Station, Cape Cod; By Joe Kelley

As the Ice Age began to wan, retreating ice backed northward from Cape Cod in northeastern North America.
Kashima Beach, Japan; By Andrew Cooper

Kashima, 80 km east of Tokyo, is one of Japan’s most important ports.
Wave of Toxic Green Beaches, France; By Sharlene Pilkey

With beaches and coastlines all over the world already under attack from sea level rise, pollution, mining, driving, seawall construction and human development encroachment, another menace is mounting an assault.
Nihiwatu Beach, Sumba, Indonesia; By Olaf Guerrand

Nihiwatu Beach, a natural, beautiful and mostly undeveloped beach on the island of Sumba, Indonesia.
Anse Trabaud, FWI; By Claire Le Guern

On the Atlantic coast south of Martinique island, FWI, Anse Trabaud is a pristine secluded sandy beach stretching over a kilometer between Pointe d’Enfer and Pointe Baham.
Fire Island, NY; By Andrew Cooper

Fire Island is a barrier island that runs east to west on the southern coast of Long Island in New York.
Assawoman Island; By Andrew Cooper

Assawoman Island is in Virginia, USA on the peninsula of land between the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay.