Miami's beachfront high-rises are sinking fast. It's a warning for coastal properties worldwide.

Tech Insider : Business, Climate Crisis, Environment
aerial view of a long miami island with high rise buildings above beaches next to blue ocean water
High-rises on barrier islands near Miami are sinking, a new study found.

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Zapping Beaches With Electricity Can Produce ‘Natural Cement’ Where We Need It Most

Gizmodo

An artistic impression of how electricity could be used to strengthen coastlines.

I've been to 30 tropical islands. From Bora Bora to Barbados, here are the top 5 I'd visit again.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
The writer wears a long floral dress and holds a cocktail in front of palm trees and a beach.
I've been to more than 30 tropical islands around the world.

Kelly Magyarics

Where did all the lifeguards go?

Tech Insider : Economy, Sports
A lifeguard chair on the beach.
Lifeguard shortages have devastated America's pools and beaches since 2020. It's not clear when the lifeguards will be back.

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

Homeowners spent $600,000 on a Hail Mary to save their beachfront homes from flooding. The sand dune collapsed after 3 days, and saved the homes, but was it worth it?

Tech Insider : Environment, Business
Salisbury Beach MA after March 10 storm
Salisbury Beach, MA sustained significant coastal erosion after a storm swelled tides to 13.5 feet on March 10, destroying a human-made dune funded by residents.

MyCoast

How a couple turned a plot of land on the island of Sumba into a 4-level resort with suites and villas that go for up to $1,100 a night

Tech Insider : Travel
a man and a woman pose in front of a wooden table
Fabrice and Eve Ivara.

Cap Karoso

Photos show how rising sea levels are washing away a small seaside town in North Carolina

Tech Insider
Atlantic Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in January 2023.
Atlantic Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in January 2023.

Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Images from space show a 5,000-mile bloom of seaweed threatening the beaches of Florida

Tech Insider
man stands in vast field of red brown algae where a beach should be
Park guard Roberto Varela walks over sargassum seaweed piled up on the seashore in Guanahacabibes Peninsula, Cuba.

Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters

The coast of Southern California is becoming a hotspot for great white sharks

Tech Insider
Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, USA, California, Pacific Ocean, Farallon Island, San Francisco Bay
The coast of Southern California has become a nursery hot spot for juvenile great white sharks.

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