Australia: Erosion rate rise along Victoria’s Great Ocean Road prompts effort to bolster beach sand dunes
More than 16,000 cubic metres of sand is being moved along beaches at Apollo Bay to protect the Great Ocean Road from coastal erosion.
Unique Sandbar Coastal Ecosystem in Cuba Calls for Climate Solutions
Just 13 wooden houses with lightweight roofs shield the few families that still live on one of the six coastal sandbars exclusive to Baracoa, a mountainous coastal municipality with striking nature reserves. These long and narrow sandbars between the river mouths and the sea have a name from the language of the Araucan people, the native people who once populated Cuba.
Toxic timebomb: why we must fight back against the world’s plague of plastic
We must reduce our dependence on plastics, especially single-use items, and seek out alternative materials…
Spain leads the world for quality beaches
Spain safely holds onto its title as the country with the most blue-flag beaches in the world.
Dubai set to build $1.7b man-made islands Marsa Al Arab by 2020
Dubai is growing again, and again it’s building into the sea.
Navy investigating disks of compressed trash littering Outer Banks beaches
The disks are consistent with those made on ships to compress plastic waste for easy storage, said Ted Brown, a spokesman for the Navy’s Fleet Forces Command. Ships are not supposed to dump plastic into the ocean.
Domino Effect: The Myriad Impacts of Warming on an East Coast Estuary
Delaware Bay provides a case study in how warming oceans, more severe storms, and sea-level rise are impacting estuaries around the world. The effects — from loss of wetlands to steep declines in shorebird populations — cascade throughout the ecosystem.
No escaping ocean plastic: 37 million bits of litter on one of world’s remotest islands
The beaches of one of the world’s most remote islands have been found to be polluted with the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet, a new study shows.
Concrete, or Beaches? World’s Sand Running Out As Global Construction Booms
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry.