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Florida lacks the hilly topography that supercharged torrential rain into deadly inundations in Central Texas over the July ...

In 1986, Dr. Pilkey founded the Duke University Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, which focuses on coastal geology and hazards, as well as the sustainability of the coastal environment.

Isolated in the vast Firth of Clyde, Arran is situated just south of the Hebrides and is Scotland's seventh biggest island.

The University of Miami released a groundbreaking study on Friday, revealing that 35 high-rise buildings along the Miami coastline are sinking at "unexpected" rates. The high-rises, home to tens ...

In recent years, storms have battered the California coast, flooding vulnerable communities, as the threat of sea level rise puts more infrastructure including homes and businesses at risk. A ...

The researchers were able to see that the coastal land has dropped by that amount during previous Cascadia earthquakes, based on the coast geology and evidence in the sediment in coastal marshes.

Gary Griggs, a professor at U.C. Santa Cruz and expert on coastal geology, said that it’s only a matter of time before wharfs like Santa Cruz’s succumb to the battering of the Pacific Ocean.

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Campus News New book California Catastrophes challenges coastal communities to confront reality It’s no secret that Californians live with the reality of earthquakes, landslides, wildfires, and other ...