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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industrial and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly warming Earth's climate, unleash...

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...

In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world's sandy ...