Huge coastal barriers could protect the world’s cities. But they’ll have unexpected costs. Pacifica, California, just south of San Francisco, is...
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...
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...
This sinking isle: homeowners battling coastal erosion
Photo: A house on the edge of the cliffs at Easton Bavents, Southwold, Suffolk. Photograph: Graham Turner/Guardian As sea levels rise,...
What’s being done to restore wetlands?
Photo: As part of wetland restoration in New Jersey, teams intentionally added sediment. These additions to a degraded coastal marsh...