Main Features:
Encyclopedia of coastal science
Continental Shelf - Wave-cut Platform - Headland - Isthmus - Spit
Island - Archipelago - Atoll - Reef - Shoal
Bight - Gulf - Inlet - Bay - Fjord
River Delta - Estuary - Marsh - Lagoon
Beach - Littoral zone - Dune
Tide Pool - Blow Hole
Main Processes:
Tidal Effects - Wave Action - Surf Break - Current - Rip - Coastal polynias
Deposition - Inundation - Submersion - Wind - Saltwater Corrosion
Climate Change Risks on Coastlines:
Are methane hydrates dissolving?
Coastal water absobing more CO2
Coastal cities face risk of flood losses
Stemming decline of the coastal ocean
Coastal erosion a serious threat: expert
Global warming next surprise: saltier beaches
Rising sea level may trigger groundwater floods
Prevent climate risk in coasts before it is too late
Coastal cities to pay high price for climate change
Coastal fog, climate change, and the environment
Can the risk of coastal hazards be better communicated?
Coastal and marine ecosystems & global climate change
How storm surges and sea-level rise make coastal life risky
Wave-cut or water-table platforms of rocky coasts and rivers
Storm wave study could help improve design of coastal defences
Climate-change impact assessment for inlet-interrupted coastlines
Sea defenses not enough to protect delta cities from rising flood risk
Managing coasts under threat from climate change and sea-level rise
IPCC sea-level rise scenarios not fit for purpose for high-risk coastal areas
Ranking port cities with high exposure and vulnerability to climate extremes
Ocean observation as a cornerstone for early warnings and coastal resilience
Ranking of the world's cities most exposed to coastal flooding today and in the future
A flood vulnerability index for coastal cities and its use in assessing climate change impacts
Understanding risks in the light of uncertainty: low probability, high-impact events in coastal cities
An integrated approach to assess flood risk on a coastal city, induced by sea-level rise and storm tides
Hydro-Meteorological DRR and Climate Change Adaptation for Coastal and Small Island Communities
Mangroves:
Whither our mangroves
Mangroves for coastal defense
Securing the future of mangroves
Storm surge reduction by mangroves
Mangroves help protect against sea level rise
Mangrove restoration: to plant or not to plant?
Desert mangroves as a major source of carbon storage
Protecting mangroves can lower disaster risks, offer cash
Protecting mangroves cheaper than building coastal protection
The response of mangrove soil surface elevation to sea level rise
A global map of mangrove forest soil carbon at 30m spatial resolution
Adaptive mangrove hybrid platform: coupling of ecological and egineering proniciples for coastal hazards
Other Coastal Wetlands:
Coastal wetlands and flood damage reduction
Many coastal wetlands likely to disappear this century
The Biological Flora of Coastal Dunes and Wetlands: Spartina patens
Coastal marshes more resilient to sea-level rise than previously believed
Coastal flooding, wetland loss in the 21C: changes under the SRES climate and socio-economic scenarios
Living shorelines & Nature-Based Solutions:
Rethinking living shorelines
Anthrocopene coasts - 5 years on
Seagrass saves beaches and money
Managing coasts with natural solutions
Building with nature for coastal resilience
Biodiversity, ecosystems and coastal zone
Monitoring coastal zone changes from space
Coastal adaptation strategies handbook 2016
Living shorelines can lessen climate change effects
Guidance for considering the use of living shorelines
Forests, fruit, and fish could save coastal communities
Planning and design of tsunami-mitigative coastal vegetation belts
Estimating global 'blue carbon' emissions from degradation of vegetated coastal ecosystems
The effectiveness, costs and coastal protection benefits of natural and nature-based defences
Performance of natural infrastructure and nature-based measures as coastal risk reduction features
Natural & hybrid infrastrusture to enhance resilience of coastal communities, economies and ecosystems
Coastal Dunes:
Wave Overtopping of Levees and Overwash of Dunes
Near-future sea level impacts on coastal dune landscapes
Researchers devise hidden dune filters to treat coastal stormwater runoff
Coastal Structures:
Leveraging public finance for coastal adaptation
How humans are altering the tides of the oceans
'Sandscaping' first for UK in bid to save coastal homes
Global risks and research priorities for coastal subsidence
Innovative approachs to building resilient coastal infrastructure
High velocity seawater air-conditioning with thermal energy storage: with intermitten renewable energies
Coastal Seawalls & Resilience:
Concrete coastlines and marine urban sprawl
Increasing coastal resilience to storms and flooding
Better ways to protect costal communities from storm
Building resilience of the coastal population to natural disaster
Seawalls, coastal forests in Japan help reduce tsunami damage
Are seawalls the best answer to rising sea levels - or is retreat a better option?
Barrier islands:
Barrier Islands: Coupling Anthropogenic Stability with Ecological Sustainability
Open-Ocean Barrier Islands: Global Influence of Climatic, Oceanographic, and Depositional Settings
Biodiversity:
Hypoxia and nutrient reduction in the coastal zone
Yellow detritus in the oceans may help reduce warming
Surprising ecological effects of earthquakes and tsunamis
Can the forests of the worlld's oceans contribute to alleviating the climate crisis
Anthropenic sources of sound can modify sediment-dwelling invertebrates ecosystem prorperties
Coastal Modelling:
Practical wind wave modeling
An Empirical Model to Estimate Overwash
Piecewise Polynomial Expression of Beach Profiles
Computer modelling aids understanding of coastal risks
Statistics of wave crests from second order irregular wave 3D
Forecasting and communicating risk of rip currents, wave runup
Breaking wave effects on wave boundary layer and air-sea momentum flux
Time-integrated equations and attractors for long-term modeling of estuaries
Modeling ocean tides and their energetics in the North Patagonia gulfs of Argentina
Transverse structure of tidal and residual flow and sediemnt concentration in estuaries
Run-ups of unusual size Large runup controls on a gently sloping dissipative beach
A coupled physical-biological model Northern Gulf of Mexico shelf: analysis of phytoplankton variability
Probabilistic coastal vulnerability assessment to storms at regional scale – application to Catalan beaches
Regional:
Asia:
Bangaladesh polders under threat
More Chinese on the coast, less fish in the sea
Erosion eats away land along 22% of Thai coastline
Causes of mangrove deforestation in Southest Asia
Sri Lanka's comprehensive mangrove protection project
In the Philippines, mangroves are a valuable flood defense
Mangrove-planting drones on a mission to restore Myanmar delta
Building Mangrove Greenbelts along Bangladesh's Vulnerable Coastline
A study of the principal marketed value chains derived from the Sundarbans reserved forest
Attitudes toward disaster-prevention risk in Japanese coastal areas: analysis of civil preference
Resilience of tsunami in coastal regions of Kachchh (Indonesia) by use of mangrove best & modelling
Australia, New Zealand & Oceania:
Seawalls in Australia
What is blue carbon?
37,000 Mangroves for Kiribati
Australia: Managing Our Coastal Zone in a Changing Climate
Australia: climate change risks to coastal buildings and infrastructure
NZ coastal hazards and cliamte change - guidance fpr local governments
Extreme climate events impact marine habitat forming communities along 45% of Australia's coast
The Americas:
US: Surging seas
Induced coastal erosion hazards
Predicting hurricane coastal change
Oregon Sate waters mapping program
Tools for coastal climate adaptation planning
California's coast and ocean summary report
US coastal cities warned of daily high tide floods
Coastal flooding has surged in US, analysis finds
Building coastal resilience for greater US security
The Gulf of Mexico at a Glance: A Second Glance
US Coastal Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerabilities
US: The National Assessment of Shoreline Change
Local factors cause dramatic spikes in coastal ocean acidity
Widespread local chronic stressors in Caribbean coastal habitats
Case studies of natural shoreline infrastructure in coastal California
Pacific Ocean off California coast turning into desert-like dead zone
Topography of Eastern Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes
70% of beaches erooding on Hawaiian Islands Kauai, Oahu and Maui
New Jersey future: A comprehensive coastal hazard mitigation strategy
How Cape Cod is savingits shoreline from the effects of climate change
An overview of coastal land loss: with emphasis on the southeastern US
Scientists release recommendations for building land in coastal Louisiana
Sea-llevel rise to drive flooding, regardless of changes in hurricane activity
Observational needs supporting marine ecosystems modeling & forecasting
Strengthening coastal pollution management in the wider Caribbean Region
US: historical shoreline change along the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts
Spring rains bring life to Midwest granaries but foster Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone'
Nor'easter-iduced coastal erosion hazards: US Mid and Northeast Atlantic coast
An estimate of the U.S. population Living in 100-Year coastal flood hazard areas
The value of coastal wetlands for flood damage reduction in the northeastern US
New York-New Jersey harbor & tributaries coastal storm risk management report
US North Atlantic coast comprehensive study: resilient adaptation to increasing risk
At the water's edge: coastal resilience in Granada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Many Texas beaches likely to erode, be overwashed, or inundated by Huriicane Harvey
Effects of climate change on exposure to coastal flooding in Latin America and the Caribbean
Response of storm-related extreme sea level along the US Atlantic coast to combined weather & climate
Europe:
UK tidal predictions
Measuring shoreline retreat
ARGANS: coastal change from space
Monitoring coastal changes in Greece
The squeeze on Europe's coastline continues
Flirting with retreat along Britain's battered shores
Impacts of Climate Change on Disadvantaged UK Coastal Communities
Balancing the future of Europe's coasts - knowledge base for integrated management
Contributing to successful adaptation to climate change in Mediterranean coastal regions
Improving protection of critical infrastructure needs special attention in the Mediterranean
Creating 'virtual storms' to help design coastal defences and coastal flood warning systems
Implementation of Nature-Based-Solutions for risk reduction: Portofino Natural Regional Park, Italy
Africa & Middle East:
Harsh weather cripples fishing and tourism on Cameroon's coast
Impact of Climate Change on the Coastal Climate of South-Western Africa
Safeguarding the resilence of West African Coasts to climate change - the role of the private sector
Cost of coastal environmental degradation, multi-hazard assessment/cost benefit analysis for Ghana
Climate Change Impacts in the Arab Region: Sea level Rise, Coastal Erosion and Human Development
Managing growing impacts of development on fragile coastal & marine ecosystems: lessons from the Gulf