Latest Erosion News

More sand is in sight for a Jersey Shore resort town's deteriorating beaches

Nov. 27, 2024 17:18 PM EST

NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A decadelong conflict over the condition of a New Jersey resort town's beaches, involving tens of millions of dollars in litigation and fines, could come to an end soon. Patrick Rosenello, the mayor of North Wildwood, says his town has reached an...

An electric hydrofoil ferry offers cleaner journeys among Stockholm's 14 islands

Oct. 29, 2024 22:49 PM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A high-tech electric ferry service began operating in Stockholm Tuesday, offering commuters a low-carbon way to zip through the waterways of the Swedish capital, which is built on 14 islands. In what Stockholm claimed as a world first, 25 commuters in the suburb...

Environmental group tries to rebuild sinking coastline with recycled oysters

Oct. 02, 2024 10:55 AM EDT

Jonathan Phillips says he thinks about Louisiana’s disappearing coastline every day. As a commercial fisherman and member of the Atakapa-Ishak/Chawasha tribe, he sees water levels rising in Plaquemines Parish firsthand. He grew up in Marrero but spent a lot of time as a child in...

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

Oct. 02, 2024 01:05 AM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up. Now, 40 years later, Boehme wants to launch another treasure hunt. As...

Human remains believed to be hundreds of years old found on shores of Minnesota lake

Sep. 05, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

People gathering wild rice from Minnesota's third-largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old. Authorities suspect erosion caused the remains of at least three people to surface on the shores of Leech Lake, where they...