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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Lithuanian coast of the south eastern Baltic Sea represents a generic type of more or less straight, high-energy coast. The area is vulnerable to changes in hydrological conditions. This paper ...

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: ...

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 ...

A project to initiate a Maalaea Village Coastal Resilience and Erosion Management Plan will begin Tuesday, the Maui County Planning Department announced last week. The project, which will cover the ...

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 ...