Erosion

And it puts our coastlines at more risk from storms like Hurricanes Michael and Florence.

These projects replenish the same areas again and again, and disproportionately benefit wealthy owners of seaside lots.

Vietnam either has to change the way it approaches shrimp farming or face the loss of hundreds of hectares of land.

Plum Island is a case study in how communities are reacting not just to the ebb-and-flow of nature, but to a changing ocean.

The culturally significant Chesapeake Bay islands have lost two-thirds of their land since 1850, and could vanish altogether by 2070, an Army Corp of Engineers study finds.