Jan. 11—After swollen surf chewed the face from a 20-foot-tall sand berm on Ocean Shores' southern shoreline for the second time in two weeks, officials opted for a firmer tactic to hold off the ...

Along the waterline, the beach can shift from ordinary to startling in a matter of seconds. A wave rolls up the sand at Daytona Beach, Florida, and as it recedes, the surface appears to ripple with ...

Tidal sand waves are a key geomorphological feature of shallow, sandy continental shelves, generated by the interplay of tidal currents, non-tidal hydrodynamic processes, and sediment dynamics. These ...

In the effort to save valuable infrastructure from encroaching ocean waves, the city of Ocean Shores is using the natural material it’s perhaps best known for. Millions of pounds of sand. On Thursday ...

In recent weeks, something strange appeared, and went viral, on Australia’s Gold Coast. An island, manmade from sand dredging boats, working to replenish the coastline after Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

Sand waves flow behind Jack Stauss, repeatedly rolling and breaking near a debris-heavy section of the river as he discusses sediment-related phenomena in Lake Powell. “That’s the delta making itself ...

Hurricane Erin is keeping most beachgoers out of the water as high surf and rip current warnings take effect up and down the East Coast, but dedicated local and visiting surfers are taking advantage ...

The model of success for the rest of the shoreline is the dunes at Lower Pā‘ia Park overlooking Pā‘ia Bay. When Benjamin ...