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Jeffrey Glover discusses archaeology with local students from Chiquila. When in the field, PCE team members make every effort to engage the local community about their work and what the project is learning about the rich history of the region. This takes the form of talks at local schools or field trips to the excavation site as well as efforts to get a community museum constructed. Credit: Georgia State University Georgia…

The study area of mid-Atlantic coastlines includes the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County, Maryland. Credit: Chesapeake Bay Program As rising sea levels cause marshes to move inland in six mid-Atlantic states, the coastal zone will not continue to serve as a carbon sink but release more carbon into the atmosphere, a new modeling study led by researchers at Duke University finds.…

Satellite images of the Mississippi Delta in Louisiana (left) and Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in Bangladesh (right). The study concerned the lack of loops in the Mississippi Delta and the many looping channels in the Ganges-Brahmaptura Delta. Credit: University of Arkansas How do coastal channels form and what are their stable configurations? These are the questions a team of researchers, including a University of Arkansas…

Researchers selected and analyzed the annual dynamics of three highly urbanized coastal counties in the southeastern U.S., which represent unique environmental settings. Credit: Florida Atlantic University About 29 percent of the United States' population live in coastline counties—more than 41 million are in Atlantic counties. This high population density poses a critical challenge to sustainable developments in coastal…

Schematic map for typhoon influence on the ECS continental shelf by three types of typhoon-induced upwelling. Credit: IOCAS A research team led by Prof. Yin Baoshu from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has revealed how typhoons trigger coastal algal blooms. …

A new research study finds that extreme weather events could actually help protect beaches from the impact of sea level rise – by bringing in new sand from deeper waters or from nearby beaches.Images in the wake of violent coastal storms usually focus purely on the extensive damage caused to beaches, dunes, property, and surrounding infrastructure.However, a new international research study has shown that extreme weather events could help protect beaches from the impact of sea level rise – by bringing in new sand from…

Manila Skyline from Harbour Square. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Manila and several other coastal Asian cities are sinking faster than the rate of sea level rise, says a study that calls for strict regulatory measure to reduce groundwater extraction, identified as a major cause for land subsidence. …