How Sturdy Is Your Sand Castle? Itâs All About the Water
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Researchers used X-ray microtomography to look at how the water is distributed in the mix with sand used to make a sand castle.
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Roller coaster connoisseurs tend to dismiss water rides as too slow, too tame, and too wet. But the next generation of splashy tech should make coaster snobs take a closer look.
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Water. For years, Singapore has taken a utilitarian view of it. Great for shipping, good for rinsing semiconductors. But for fun? No way.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 16--It can be pretty diffi cult to sell or rent beachfront property without a beach.
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By LIZ HULL A PENSIONER has been threatened with prison or a Pounds 50,000 fine if he takes windblown sand back to the beach where it came from. Arthur Bulmer's seafront garden became carpeted after a week of storms swept tons of sand from the beach across the road.
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By Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe  Jun. 12--This is the kind of standoff politicians specialize in: Everyone  has agreed for close to a decade that the battered coastline in Winthrop is in  desperate need of repair.   But that's where the consensus ends.
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By Jim Johnson, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 11--Eight years after relocating its fifth hole closer to the ocean, the Pebble Beach Co. wants to build a seawall to head off potential erosion on the coastal bluffs below the green on the par-3 No.
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Researchers say that coastal landscapes somewhat disturbed by development can often still adequately perform âservicesâ like storm protection.
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For centuries, San Juan's fortified stone walls have withstood the assaults of waves and cannonballs. But the vibrations of traffic and the weight of heavy tourist buses are causing parts of the walls to crumble.
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In this week's TravelWatch column, National Geographic Traveler geotourism editor Jonathan B. Tourtellot examines a stewardship program that keeps Maine's ocean islands untrampled.
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By Deborah Williams  It could be a movie set: a perfect milelong white sand beach, breathtaking sunsets, a fish filled lake, an old-fashioned amusement park, lakeside dining establishments, a 121-year-old beachfront chapel and the bustling Erie Canal.
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By DEIRDRE FERNANDES  BY DEIRDRE FERNANDES  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  VIRGINIA BEACH - Sandbridge is buzzing again about a businessman's plan to build 76 boat docks close to the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, two years after it was first proposed.
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As the late-afternoon sun bathes the beach with a soft warmth, gentle waves lap quietly at the shore &#151; and strollers occasionally stumble over a thick wad of white cables embedded in the fine, black sand.
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The best vacation advice: Leave your work at the office. But you can still enjoy some of these tech toys at the beach.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--Mother Nature is a relentless force, and nowhere is that better displayed than along North Carolina's coast. Wind and surf tirelessly reshape the islands, or try to, with little mere mortals can do to stop them.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.
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By JAY REEVES  ORANGE BEACH, Ala. - The newest, multibillion-dollar wave of construction on the northern Gulf Coast is along the piney banks of a manmade ditch, protected from the twin threats of storms and high land prices.