Spits — those long, thin landforms stretching into the ocean — are nature’s quiet architects. Learn how wind, waves, and ...

Journal of Coastal Research, SPECIAL ISSUE No. 95. An International Forum for the Littoral Sciences (SPRING 2020), pp. 711-716 (6 pages) Evolution of present coastal environments is controlled by both ...

Despite rising sea levels and increasing hurricane threats, developers have sought for more than two decades to build an exclusive resort community on a barren sand spit south of Charleston. But each ...

This paper focuses on a comparison of changes caused by weak storms (significant wave height [Hs] <2.5 m) along a dune coast on a nontidal sea. Repeated observations were made along two 2 km long ...

But according to the latest state beach mapping data, Popham Beach is eroding faster than any other stretch of sand in Maine. The Popham Beach Spit area near the eponymous state park has the highest ...