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IDB America
April 2008
Dan Drosdoff |
Barbados Priority: Protecting the Coastline Improvements and investments have succeeded in stabilizing the Barbados coastline, but the rehabilitation and shoreline protection process is continuous, and the possibilities of setbacks are a constant menace.   |
Popular Mechanics
March 2006 |
Now What? The lessons of Katrina |
Geotimes
November 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Louisiana's Marshland Mess Even before the past season's devastating hurricanes, Louisiana's wetlands were in rough shape. More than a century of building dams, levees and canals to control the Mississippi River changed the wetlands, limiting sediment and leading to soil compaction from the loss of vegetation. |
Adventure
Steve Casimiro |
Molokai on the Move Photo Gallery Photo's of oft-overlooked Molokai, Hawaii's untamed isle. |
Geotimes
February 2006
Robert S. Young |
The High Cost of Subsidized Coastal Development Coastal geologists, engineers and managers can objectively determine where the most vulnerable shorelines are. And in the interest of fairness, American taxpayers must insist that the communities that build there assume responsibility for themselves. |
Wired
May 2004
Carl Hoffman |
Endless Summer (on Demand) Kerry Black is bringing world-class waves to the malls of America. Grab your board - surf's up 6 a.m. to midnight, 365 days a year. |
Geotimes
November 2003
James C. Gibeaut |
LIDAR: Mapping a Shoreline by Laser Light The days of collecting beach profile data solely in the field are gone. Now coastal geologists are looking to the skies, using a new radar tool to study changes to the shoreline over large areas. |
Real Travel Adventures
July 2005
Andrew Der |
A Sea Turtle Summer On Ana Belle Island Diligent volunteers on Anna Maria Island in Florida are assuring that sea turtle eggs hatch properly. |
Fast Company
November 2013
Jeff Chu |
Against The Tide The Dutch have a growing army of engineers, designers, and scientists who work with water, as the Netherlands built itself into the world's premier laboratory for how to tame the rivers and the seas. Today, the country's ideas and expertise may be its most valuable export. |
Outside
June 2008
Mark Anders |
The Empty Beach Portsmouth Island, the skinny, 18-mile-long barrier island in the northernmost part of North Carolina's Cape Lookout National Seashore, has surf, fish, but no roads and few people. |
Wired
September 22, 2008
Jeff Howe |
Get Ready for Extreme Weather Robert Dalrymple, a coastal engineer at Johns Hopkins University, warns that the nation is woefully unprepared for natural disaster. Here is his three-point plan to prepare for the coming era of mayhem. |
High on Adventure
December 2000 |
Paradise Found Hiking the coast and swimming with sea turtles on Hawaii's Big Island |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Blue Flag Beaches To earn a Blue Flag, a recreational beach must meet strict quality standards: excellent waters, excellent sands, excellent services, excellent environmental management, and excellent safety. Here are our top ten Blue Flag beach choices. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Peter Heller |
The Mississippi River Flood and the Katrina Risk New Orleans and Baton Rouge are one breached levee away from Katrina-like devastation. Can the Army Corps of Engineers save them? |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2007
Bart Allen Berry |
Kayak Fishing and Osama Bin Laden Kayaks have become so versatile that you can surf it, tour on the open sea or any estuary or river mouth with 6 inches of water and you can paddle out to sea wherever the fish are. |
Scientific American
December 26, 2005 |
Echoes from the Past Many scientists are encouraging officials in tsunami-prone areas to consider such factors as destroyed protective natural barriers like coral reefs and sand dunes when designing new building codes and evacuation routes. |
Geotimes
November 2007
Jim Gibeaut |
Coastal Development: The Galveston Case, Part II Whatever the choice, it is clear that we need to build into our policies a dynamic that matches the changing conditions along our coast, and we need to make sure the public is aware of the situation. |
Outside
March 2005 |
Hawaiian Islands Overview Grab your shades, wax your board, and check out our tropical--paradise smackdown, in which we scour the Aloha State's sweetest shorelines, lushest mountains, coolest adventures, choicest chow, and hippest nightlife |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006 |
NASA Airborne Laser Mapping Systems Studies Katrina Damage Through a cooperative research program NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are exploring the use of airborne laser mapping systems to quantify coastal change along the entire coastline affected by Hurricane Katrina. |
World War II
May 25, 2004
Kevin R. Austra |
Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach As soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division leaped from their landing craft into the choppy waters off Omaha Beach, many cursed the landing-craft pilots who had deposited them too far away from the invasion beach. |
AskMen.com
January 18, 2001
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Beautiful Beaches Imagine lying on some warm sand, with drink in hand and having suntan lotion gently rubbed all over your body. So sit back and enjoy as we embark on a trip to the world's most popular beaches... |
Macworld
May 8, 2007
Peter Cohen |
Mystery of Shark Island Addictive puzzle game offers a day at the beach for gamers. |
Finefishing Saltwater
Capt. David Bacon |
Orange County Fishing The Orange County and Los Angeles County coastline and harbors offer a full range of local pier, shore and offshore fishing.... |
AskMen.com
Salvatore Mann |
Top 10: Eye Candy Beaches Let's be honest, guys: The true allure of the beach is the sight of beautiful toned women in bikinis. In each of the locales that made this list, the physical specimens outshine the natural beauty. |
Geotimes
August 2007
Megan Sever |
Restoring the River Since Katrina struck, one thing has become clear, researchers say: Restoration of the natural system is of paramount importance to saving New Orleans in the long run, and the time to act is now. |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Tracey Longo |
Dream Home What does the current real estate environment mean for soon-to-be-retired clients? |
Health
June 18, 2009
Karen Cicero |
America's Healthiest Beach and Lake Getaways We teamed up with a panel of travel and health experts to help us find the healthiest of the nation's most popular beach and lake towns. |
Geotimes
January 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Grand Canyon Floods On Nov. 21, the Department of the Interior approved a release of water from the Glen Canyon Dam in an attempt to rebuild the beaches and other sedimentary environments. |
High on Adventure
June 2006
Lee Juillerat |
Sunshine, Sand and Solitude Kicking back along the beaches of lower Baja California. |
Outside
February 2004 |
License to Chill To zero in on the most idyllic resorts this side of paradise, we dispatched a crack squad of writers to the Caribbean. They came back with a hit list of places where creature comforts and adventure are not mutually exclusive. Now it's your turn. |
Finefishing Saltwater
Lou Bignami |
Stripers On The Sand According to a fellow surf fishing nut who teaches English at San Francisco State, "Summer surf fishing for stripers is 'literary.'" You start when school ends with Great Expectations, and by Labor day, bitch about A Remembrance of Things Past.... |
AskMen.com
Alisha Connor |
Top 10: Secret Tropical Destinations Whether you're looking to hike an extinct volcano, dive with the fishes or stretch out on the beach, these tropical destinations will have you booking your flight ASAP. |
Outside
March 2009
Mark Anders |
Surf Trek It was supposed to be a dream trip: a week along one of Europe's last empty coastlines, riding waves, drinking wine, and sleeping on the beach. And it (mostly) was. |
BusinessWeek
June 24, 2010
Ondine Cohane |
Afternoon Escapes Get from the office to one of these hidden beaches in two hours or less. |
