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beaches, coasts, & shorelines

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Christopher N. K. Mooers (1935–2018)

by G. Mellor, M. Bowman and C. Collins 3 October 20182 September 2022

This passionate physical oceanographer, a leader and catalyst in coastal studies, explored many facets of nearshore circulation and advanced the modeling and forecasting of coastal dynamics.

Satellite image showing how dissolved organic matter influences ocean color.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Yellow Detritus in the Oceans May Help Reduce Warming

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 25 September 20181 February 2023

Dissolved organic matter in the oceans absorbs light near the water’s surface, leading to cooler waters that may help mitigate regional climate warming.

Ocean waves pound the shore of a coastal town in Italy.
Posted inScience Updates

New Achievements in Coastal Altimetry

by M. Restano, M. Passaro and J. Benveniste 14 September 201815 November 2021

11th Coastal Altimetry Workshop; Frascati, Italy, 12–15 June 2018

The Suisun Marsh, the largest tidal marsh in the San Francisco Estuary (California).
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Budgeting Ozone-Depleting Emissions from Coastal Tidal Marshes

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 6 September 201824 February 2023

Brackish wetlands and their salt-tolerant vegetation are significant methyl halide emitters. The natural emissions add chlorine and bromine to the stratosphere, which break down ozone.

Water fills a street in Charleston, S.C., during a nuisance flood in fall 2016.
Posted inNews

Massive Ocean Waves May Play a Role in Nuisance Flooding

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 4 September 20184 May 2023

When huge planetary waves that spawn in the open ocean reach land, they can raise local sea levels along the coast. Could tracking these waves help scientists predict flooding months in advance?

Researchers use seafloor pressure sensor data to examine how infragravity waves are reflected back to shore by the edge of a continental shelf
Posted inResearch Spotlights

On the Origin of Infragravity Waves

by Terri Cook 23 July 201824 February 2023

Seafloor pressure sensor data show that long-period ocean surface waves radiating from the world’s shorelines are mostly reflected back to shore by the continental shelf edge.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

500 Years of Atmospheric River Landfalls in Southwestern USA

by V. Trouet 20 July 201830 January 2024

A network of tree-ring chronologies has been used to develop the first reconstruction of atmospheric river landfalls on the US Pacific Coast over the last 500 years.

The Mississippi River with the Fort St. Philip Crevasse complex shown to the right.
Posted inFeatures

Rethinking the River

by A. S. Kolker, A. M. Dausman, M, A. Allison, G. L. Brown, P. Y. Chu, K. de Mutsert, C. E. Fitzpatrick, J. R. Henkel, D. Justic, B. A. Kleiss, E. McCoy, E. Meselhe and C. P. Richards 19 June 201819 September 2023

The Mississippi River and its delta and plume provide insights into research-informed approaches to managing river-dominated coastal zones.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Coastal Ocean Warming Adds to CO2 Burden

by P. Brewer 29 May 20185 January 2023

With coastal oceans around the world changing from the effects of urbanization, rising carbon dioxide levels, and climate warming, recent work begins to find new land-sea linkages.

Sea level rise on a reef-lined island coast
Posted inScience Updates

Challenges of Forecasting Flooding on Coral Reef–Lined Coasts

by C. D. Storlazzi 16 May 20183 October 2022

Understanding Flooding on Reef-lined Island Coasts Workshop; Honolulu, Hawaii, 5–7 February 2018

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