
Coastal Erosion | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Coastal erosion is the process by which local sea level rise, strong wave action, and coastal flooding wear down or carry away rocks, soils, and/or sands along the coast. All coastlines are …
Hawai'i Coastal Erosion Website | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Armoring a chronically eroding coast leads to beach loss. In an era of accelerating sea level rise, the threat of chronic erosion and beach loss is growing, and the use of shoreline data …
Alaska Coastal Change Viewer | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
The Coastal Change Viewer shows locations where relatively large areas of land have eroded away or sediment has been deposited. Results are based on satellite images taken between …
Erosion and Shoreline Recession | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Coastal erosion is the process by which local sea level rise, strong wave action, and coastal flooding wear down or carry away rocks, soils, and/or sands along the coast.
Arctic Oceans, Sea Ice, and Coasts - toolkit.climate.gov
The loss of sea ice in the Arctic also exposes shorelines to rapid coastal erosion. For most of the year, landfast sea ice has buffered Alaska's northern coastline from waves, winds, and …
Assessing the Timing and Extent of Coastal Change in Western …
As the threat of coastal erosion increases along the thousands of miles of western Alaska’s coastline, communities, resource managers, and agencies that serve as stewards of the land …
Storm Surge | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Additional impacts of storm surge include extensive property loss, erosion of beaches, damage to coastal habitats, and undermining the foundations of infrastructure such as roads, railroads, …
Previous Coasts Content | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Restoring and conserving coastal ecosystems and adopting natural and nature-based infrastructure solutions can enhance community and ecosystem resilience to climate change. …
Preparing for Sea Level Rise in Estuaries Along the Oregon Coast
For many decades, farmers built low walls or dikes across coastal wetlands in Oregon to extend their farmland. Now, efforts to restore wetlands and prepare for sea level rise require …
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
Coastal erosion is the process by which local sea level rise, strong wave action, and coastal flooding wear down or carry away rocks, soils, and/or sands along the coast. All coastlines are …