As a result of climate change, rising sea levels are threatening low-lying coastal areas around the world, such as the Wadden ...

Nature meets engineering in Vellinge’s innovative flood defence, setting a new standard for sustainable coastal protection ...

Seawalls and other unyielding structures meant to keep rising waters at bay and to protect against storm surges can cause ...

An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water, often containing wetlands and marshes, where salt water from the ocean and fresh water from rivers and streams meet and mix. Somewhat of an in-between ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has appointed a new leader charged with preserving what's left of the state's rapidly disappearing coast. Michael Hare takes over as executive director of the Coastal ...

A critical shoreline feature responsible for habitat and coastal community protection is eroding at an alarming rate. A group of organizations along with the state have embarked on a mission to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Surplus Property occurs when some assets are retained by an entity, but they are not currently being fully utilized because they are obsolete, ...

In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the New York and New Jersey coasts, beaches ravaged by Superstorm Sandy underwent extensive ...

Love him or hate him, Peter Douglas, executive director of the California Coastal Commission for 26 years, was a charismatic leader. With his retirement, Californians see the end of involvement of the ...

In a push to address the state’s gripping housing crisis, the California Coastal Commission approved a rule change last week ...