coastal flooding

Dune restoration could increase the resilience of urban beaches to sea level rise

Photo: Beach bur, a native plant that helped to form dunes on a section of Santa Monica Beach in Los…

1 year ago

How fast are the sea levels rising?

Photo: A hotel guest steps out of a hotel into a flooded street in Miami Beach, Fla., on September 29,…

1 year ago

California attempts a ‘managed retreat,’ coastal homeowners sue to stay

Photo: Surfers walk along a shrinking beach in San Clemente, California, south of Los Angeles. Mark Rightmire / MediaNews Group…

2 years ago

Sea-level rise linked to higher water tables along California coast

Credit: University of Arkansas In the first comprehensive study of the link between rising sea levels and inland water tables…

4 years ago

With nowhere to hide from rising seas, Boston prepares for a wetter future

Photo: ON THE RISE Bostonians are getting used to flooding. Morrissey Boulevard (shown), near the campus of University of Massachusetts…

5 years ago