Is Cape Lookout an Omen for Other Barrier Islands? By Rob Young
We can’t keep spending billions to fortify these islands against more intense storms.
Rising sea levels pose threat to homes of 300m people – study
More than three times more people are at risk from rising sea levels than previously believed, research suggests.
Audio fingerprinting: The secrets of sand begin to emerge
Say you’re at the beach. Among the cacophony of sounds, like people enjoying the sun and the ocean, it turns out the sand is humming quietly in the background too. And the sound it makes reveals where it comes from.
Portugal’s wild beaches are a revelation
If you want to discover Portugal’s wildest beaches, simply put a pin in the map between Galapinhos and Rodas beach, and start walking north.
Your favorite beaches around the world could disappear because of the climate crisis, development
It’s easy to see why millions of people flock to the beach every year. They are dynamic places. With each crashing wave and changing tide, billions of pieces of sand and rock are constantly rearranged. This is what nature intended. What it did not, some scientists say, are the buildings that tower over some of the world’s most popular beaches.
Why Rising Acidification Poses a Special Peril for Warming Arctic Waters
A recent Northern voyage on a Norwegian research vessel highlighted how soaring carbon dioxide levels and the resulting acidification of the oceans present an especially grave threat to the Arctic’s cold seas and the rich marine life that they harbor.
‘Sand wars’: the battle to replenish Florida’s beaches amid climate crisis
Surfside’s postcard beach is experiencing a disappearing act amid hurricanes. rising sea levels – and a worldwide sand shortage
The World can make more water from the sea, but at what cost?
Worldwide, desalination is increasingly seen as one possible answer to problems of water quantity and quality that will worsen with global population growth and the extreme heat and prolonged drought linked to climate change. However, desalination remains expensive, as it requires enormous amounts of energy.
The IPCC’s Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere – What it means for Africa’s coastal cities
For African coastal cities, sea level rise and increasing storm frequency and intensity pose serious threat. West, Central, East and Mediterranean coastal zones in Africa are very low-lying. Within these low-lying coastal zones are many of Africa’s largest cities: Dakar, Abidjan, Accra, Lagos, Dar es Salaam, Alexandria, Tripoli, and Cape Town.