New research from Northwestern University has systematically proven that a mild zap of electricity can strengthen a marine coastline for generations — greatly reducing the threat of erosion in the ...

As Earth warms, the Arctic Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is waning due to melting permafrost and worsening coastal erosion, according to new research. A study published ...

Shorelines worldwide have always been vulnerable to coastal erosion, a phenomenon rendered more ominous by rising sea levels that accompany modern-day climate change (SN: 9/29/22). Coastal engineers ...

A new process that uses electricity to form a natural cement between grains of sand, transforming it into solid, immoveable rock. Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria; Andony Landivar Macias, former PhD ...

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The beaches in Charlestown have been eroding at an accelerated pace over the past decade. Last winter’s losses, however, were devastating. The Charlestown Breachway was ...

A homeowner in a Suffolk village suffering from coastal erosion is now at risk of losing his property. Two homes in ...

Across many parts of Africa’s Atlantic coastline, the sea is advancing several metres inland each year, destroying homes, infrastructure, farmland and heritage sites. Many coastal communities have ...

Coastal infrastructure potentially at risk includes highway, homes, military bases, wastewater plants, power plants, railways ...

A fourth home in North End Avenue, Thorpeness has been demolished following a rapid acceleration in coastal erosion.