Waves, tide, and wind dominate coastal processes and landforms. Rivers deliver sediment to the coast, where it can be reworked to form deltas, beaches, dunes, and barrier islands. The coastal zone is ...

A coastal research and monitoring program led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded a five-year, $40 million award from the United States Army Corps of Engineers ...

Coastal communities like the Outer Banks are grappling with the realities of rapid erosion in areas of our community and how ...

Students at North Point High School are excited about making waves in the classroom as they put their engineering design skills to work, thanks to an innovative device called a wave flume that has ...

Sea-level rise, a consequence of climate change, is already affecting coastlines around the world. Because more than a third of the global population lives within 100 kilometers (62 miles) of an ocean ...

Special Issue No. 39. Proceedings of the 8th International Coastal Symposium (ICS 2004), Vol. II (Winter 2006), pp. 1098-1101 (4 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. The ...

Explore the dynamic processes shaping the UK's Jurassic Coast through surfers, scientists, and stunning landforms in this engaging geography resource on coastal processes and landforms. Preview: ...

Industrial and urban development along the coast may exacerbate the changes induced by oceano-climatic processes to such an extent that the coast becomes uninhabitable. This paper presents a baseline ...

State environmental officials have begun the process for developing regulations for new industry in Delaware’s environmentally protected coastal zone. A new law enacted this year establishes a ...

BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–Massachusetts has more than 1,500 miles of coastline across 78 communities that count nearly 2.5 million people as residents, and the Healey administration on Tuesday mapped out ...