Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that...

With so many cities located on shorelines and tidal estuaries, there are few more urgent topic...

'Beaches occupy a magical place in the human consciousness. We fish from their tidal waters, run ...

This big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to c...

Ever wonder where sand comes from? Or why shells are colored differently? Or how to estimate the ...

Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color...

Take a walk on the beach with three coastal experts who reveal the secrets and the science of the...

The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geolo...

Our beaches are eroding, sinking, washing out right under our houses, hotels, bridges; vacation d...

An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands, Orrin H. Pilkey is one of...

The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,00...

On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small ...