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 newly funded program to accelerate the science behind coastal bluff failures was signed into law this week. The bill, AB 66, outlines enhanced coastal monitoring to better understand the timing of ...

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 ...

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SAN DIEGO — A bill signed into law this week in California will fund new research into bluff collapses as scientists look into developing a warning system. Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the ...

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 ...

Around the world, fragile coastal ecosystems are under intense pressure from unrelenting human activity, gradual yet relentless climate trends and extreme weather events. Understanding and managing ...