Beaches respond in several time and space scales to physical phenomena like wind, waves, tides, storm-surges, littoral currents, river discharges and sea level rise. As a dynamical system they can also be changed due to ...

Beach debris, defined as solid waste materials of anthropogenic origin discarded at sea or reaching the sea through other ways, is one of the most highly visible expressions of human impact on the marine environment. ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) has been extensively used, and discarded PPE has been observed in many different environments, including on tourist beaches. Here we examined ...

This chapter discusses processes and structures of nearshore (marine) and costal governance by focusing on microscale (beach level) situations, inside the Mexican legal and regulatory context. The document compares the ...

Reports on the destruction of the beaches of the Eastern Caribbean, and on efforts by governments to stop beach mining and erosion.

Coastal environments are spaces where people may develop varied economic and recreational activities, such as tourism, which usually damage beaches and other natural resources commonly placed in these settings. The aim of ...