How do the narrow ribbons of sand that line the Atlantic and Gulf coasts withstand the force of hurricanes? The answer lies in their shape-shifting abilities.
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Many US coastal towns are building defenses to protect against rising seas and storms. This can encourage people to stay in place when they should be moving inland.
Roughly 10,000 tons of plastic enter the Great Lakes every year, and scientists want to know where it ends up. There are some parallels to ocean plastics, but also important differences.
What would you pay to keep trash off your favorite beach, or pollution away from a national park? Economists can tease these values out of our travel choices and use the numbers to help make policy.
During sea turtle nesting season, scientists collect data and assess how turtles are doing. But they know less about how plastic pollution, fishing and warming oceans are affecting turtle numbers.
Interactions between sharks and humans happen in a variety of places. That means reducing conflict needs different interventions.
A Senate committee has recommended an end to sharks culls and nets. According to surveys, the public is on board with the idea of ending policies that are lethal to sharks.
For 50 years California has used laws and policies to manage development along its 1,100-mile coastline and preserve public access to the shore. Climate change will make that task harder.
A entire beach in Ireland has returned 33 years after being washed away.
We aren’t just jostling with each other for beach space. Scuttling, waddling, hopping or flying away from beachgoers all around Australia, wildlife struggles to survive the daily disturbances.
Marine plastic pollution is a global problem. Bali’s beaches present prime examples and an opportunity to study the socio-economic effects this has on coastal communities.
In many ways, the conflict we see on our beaches may be a small price to pay for the free and open access to our beaches, which Australians have long fought to preserve.
LIfeguards could potentially have a new ally in the fight to reduce shark incidents: drones that can spot when a shark swims nearby, and automatically alert authorities.
Shark nets are controversial, which is why the New South Wales government is investigating a host of other ways to keep humans and sharks apart – some more tried and tested than others.
The beach lies at the edges of the country, and can feel like another place entirely. French hand-wringing over Muslim dress for paddling should make us look again at our own attitudes.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University
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Scientia Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Coastal and Marine Science, University of Newcastle
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Professor in Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and Dean of Science, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University
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Associate Research Professor and Director, Texas Sea Grant, Texas A&M University
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Marine Biologist, South African National Parks (SANParks); Honorary Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
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Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Senior Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University