Since Cynthia Florio was a lifeguard at Tobay Beach in the 1990s, she has watched the ocean encroach on the shore and draw closer to the dunes. It's what compelled Florio, 53, of Massapequa, to take ...

A request has gone out for Moray residents to donate their Christmas trees to an award-winning scheme protecting Lossiemouth’s beaches. Beginning last festive season, a total of 300 old trees have ...

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted just 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in the sandy dunes of the Great Lakes. At the time, no one knew if the new ...

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Belgium is trialing “dune-by-dike” systems as a nature-based defense against storm surges and sea-level rise, using engineered sand dunes in front of existing dikes to create a double buffer along ...

One clear fall morning in Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, I board a helicopter and fly 180 miles east across the Atlantic. An hour later, a sandbar appears, grinning from the blue expanse. As the ...

This intriguing astronaut photo shows a trio of ancient "black mesas", which sit side-by-side in the Sahara desert. The dark structures have enabled a series of rare sand dunes to form around them ...

Seven Mile Beach in Hobart, Australia, will officially open its new 18-hole golf course on 4 December 2025. The project is the first newbuild for Clayton, DeVries & Pont (CDP Golf), with partners Mike ...

A team from Guernsey Conservation Volunteers has been helping restore sand dunes in Alderney. The 15-strong team joined the Alderney Wildlife Trust to remove sour fig, which is thought to have been ...

Even as more and more new car development is being done digitally, using advanced simulators and computer modeling programs in lieu of more traditional methods, automakers still put millions of miles ...