Millions of satellite images reveal how beaches vanish in La Niña years — and...
During El Niño cycles, Australia's beaches recover from erosion while beaches from California to Chile erode. It's known as the El Niño Southern-Oscillation climate cycle. But as climate change ramps...
View ArticleQueensland park rangers seek answers from owners of 4WDs found bogged and...
Five of six four-wheel-drives have been found bogged up to their axles on a fire break in a north Queensland nature reserve, with park rangers estimating the drivers caused $50,000 damage after...
View ArticleWhy the Gold Coast’s ever-decreasing sand supply poses a planning headache
The Gold Coast has a surprising problem – a limited supply of sand. Ongoing beach erosion and climate change are expected to create even greater challenges for the city.
View ArticleBeach battle to rely on breakwater and quarry sand to reduce pressure on...
Popular Adelaide beaches will soon begin receiving truckloads of sand to help overcome erosion and sand drift, amid concerns that the condition of some shorelines is currently the "worst it has been".
View ArticleSix-year-old rescued after 2.5m sand dune collapse left her buried for five...
Samba Brown's dad says his little girl would have died had it not been for the rapid response of Apollo Bay locals.
View Article3D printers help to rebuild coastlines being washed away by rising seas
These 3D-printed biodegradable structures are helping to restore mangrove forests in eroding coastal areas.
View ArticleOne of Australia's finest beaches 'like looking at the moon' after controlled...
An expert says it could take 10 years for dunes near Esperance in WA to return to pre-fire vegetation levels after a blaze scorched 180 hectares.
View ArticleLocals unite to reject groyne plan to save Perth's northern beaches
Residents rail against a Perth council's proposal to install more than a dozen groynes along a 5-kilometre stretch of beach to prevent a receding coastline from wiping out roads or even homes.
View ArticleSinkhole excavation in Mount Gambier
An excavator digs around a sinkhole in Mount Gambier to reveal its edges under bitumen.
View ArticleNo turning of the tide in battle to protect Adelaide's beaches from coastal...
Coastal erosion is washing sand away from some of Adelaide's most popular beaches at a rapid pace, with a state government review still months away from completion.
View ArticleCoastal erosion puts WA town's marine rescue base on high alert
Emergency works are underway in the state's Midwest to save marine rescue hub at risk of being washed away by strong swells.
View ArticleWidespread beach erosion an 'accumulative' effect of multiple storms along...
High levels of erosion and massive mounds of seaweed are affecting kilometres of beaches along the South East coastline, with Flinders University researchers blaming frequent storms.
View ArticleBattle over a seawall at Wamberal Beach continues as geotechnical work begins
Despite ongoing community protests, geotechnical works have begun for a proposed seawall on a New South Wales Central Coast beach that suffered severe storm damage during 2020.
View ArticleAre the days of four-wheel driving on this famous WA beach numbered?
The dunes and beaches around Lancelin are some of WA's most popular destinations for four-wheel drivers. But a new report from the local council has recommended cutting back public access.
View ArticleDirt bike riders being criticised for illegal tracks in Victoria's Otways...
Illegal dirt bike riders are creating an environmental disaster for some of the Victoria's most delicate vegetation, conservation regulator says
View Article4WD owner and towing company fined after treating wetlands as 'playground'
Rangers in North Queensland have fined a four-wheel drive owner and towing company after their "deep wheel ruts" scared protected wetlands.
View ArticleVictorian council calls for state support to protect coastal communities from...
A coastal council is calling on the Victorian government to develop policies that provide certainty for seaside communities amid concerns erosion and rising sea levels will leave them unrecognisable.
View ArticleBill for battling Adelaide's beach erosion could hit $150 million
A review into coastal erosion along Adelaide's coast suggests three possible options for the next two decades, ranging in cost from $40 million to $155 million.
View ArticleCoastal houses at risk of flooding as town's foreshore 'one big storm' away...
Approvals to fix a dangerously eroded Queensland beach south of Bundaberg drag out as residents fear their slice of paradise is slipping away into the ocean.
View Article'Really scary': Fears coastal erosion could put tourism in seaside town at risk
Southend, on South Australia's Limestone Coast, relies on tourism money that could dwindle as coastal erosion creeps in.
View ArticleCliff collapse prompts safety warning from local fisherman
Chris Houlahan was casting a line near Esperance when he turned to witness a sight he would later describe as "scary, awesome, and fantastic".
View ArticleAs the tide ebbs on this Victorian coast, a curious line of domes comes into...
Residents along Victoria's coast are fighting back against coastal erosion with innovative and environmentally friendly solutions.
View ArticleResidents 'on cloud nine' following Perth council backflip on controversial...
Residents of Perth's northern beaches are "on cloud nine" over the rejection of a controversial plan to build 17 groynes along the coast.
View ArticleParks to remove 'unauthorised' sea walls that make coastal erosion 'worse'
Frustrated with a lack of government action, the residents of this coastal paradise constructed their own sea walls to slow coastal erosion. But authorities claim the ad hoc builds sometimes make...
View ArticleRace to save 169-year-old obelisk left teetering on cliff edge by coastal...
The red and white obelisk is a must-see for visitors to the South Australian tourist town of Robe, but it's at risk of plunging into the water below.
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