NEWBURYPORT — Erosion on Plum Island is the topic of coastal geologist Christopher Hein's talk Friday at the Senior Community Center. "Plum Island Erosion: Is it the Jetty?" will focus on Plum ...

Blowouts Blowouts commonly occur in the foredune or within and on older vegetated dunes. Blowouts are erosional dune landforms that are typically trough-, bowl-, or saucer-shaped depressions or ...

PACIFIC CITY, Ore. — Scott Burns, professor emeritus in geology at Portland State University, thought he had seen it all — until he saw a couple of photos of an extremely rare sand formation on the ...

Nathan Reiff has been writing expert articles and news about financial topics such as investing and trading, cryptocurrency, ETFs, and alternative investments on Investopedia since 2016. Jiwon Ma is a ...

Coastlines – the interface between land and sea – lie at the frontline in the battle against climate change impacts. However, coastlines vary substantially in their physical properties, and are found ...

Along the outer beaches of Cape Cod the erosion rate is about 3 feet per year, but if the region is hit by a big storm, shorelines can lose up to 30 feet in one day. In March, after homeowners along ...