Researchers and community members worked together to develop recommendations for how Little Cumberland Island can mitigate flooding hazards.
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Coastal Models Quantify How Natural Islands Respond to Sea Level Rise
Coastal models enhance understanding of future flooding frequency on atoll islands, paving the way to explore the limits of adaptation in the face of rising sea levels and climate change.
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A Seychelles Shoreline Resists the Rising Seas
The geomorphology of a protected atoll likely contributed to its ability to maintain its shoreline over a turbulent half-century.
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Buried Tree Stumps Show Shoreline Shifts of the Outer Banks
Storms are unburying centuries-old stumps on North Carolina’s barrier islands. Researchers hope these long-gone forests can help land managers plan for the future.
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Tracking a Disappearing Mantle Plume in Ancient Samoa
A thick portion of Earth’s crust may have capped the Samoan plume and suppressed volcanism for 30 million years, explaining a curious gap along the Samoan chain.
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Uma Ilha Tropical Há Muito Perdida Fica no Litoral do Brasil
Um platô vulcânico submerso no sudoeste do Atlântico foi uma ilha tropical há 45 milhões de anos.
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Underwater Bridge Suggests a Surprising Date for First Migration to Mallorca
A controversial study suggests that humans settled on the Spanish island 1,000 years earlier than archaeologists believe.
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Coral Larvae Journey Far and Wide in the Western Indian Ocean
Researchers mapped coral reef connectivity across the Seychelles archipelago to inform conservation efforts in the face of climate change.
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Barrier Islands Are at the Forefront of Climate Change Adaptation
Coastal evolution modeling sheds light on the impacts of coastal development and adaptation decisions on barrier islands in the era of sea-level rise.