Coasts, Volume 5, Issue 4

Brazil suffered the largest oil spill disaster in its history, beginning on August 2019, affecting the Northeast coast. This study proposes a chemical investigation of oils from the 2019 spill in Brazil, which had naturally undergone different weathe...

Unprecedented quantities of pelagic sargassum since 2011 have demanded technical and management responses. Inappropriate measures might worsen environmental impacts, particularly in low-income regions and protected natural areas that also require low...

Microbial communities play a crucial role in coastal ecosystem function, yet their seasonal and spatial dynamics in response to environmental change remain underexplored in tropical and subtropical regions. This yearlong study investigated microbial...

The erodibility of natural cohesive sediments and artificial mixtures was investigated through controlled laboratory experiments and used as a basis to discuss seabed mobility and suspended particulate matter on the Continental Shelf adjacent to a ri...

The coastline is a constantly evolving boundary between land and sea, shaped by natural forces and human activities. Given its significant ecological and economic value, this zone faces increasing pressures, highlighting the need for continuous monit...

When designing spatial planning programs for processes in coastal zones, it is essential to consider the connections between marine and terrestrial environments and to coordinate institutional work in their implementation. This study examines the env...

This study explored the occurrence, density, and distribution of Fucales along the island of Lampedusa, almost 30 years after the latest studies conducted on the marine vegetation of this island. To carry out this study, we conducted a monitoring act...

The Mediterranean coast is known for its great tourist attractions, concentration of population, and economic activities. Specifically, in the autonomous regions like Catalonia and Valencia, more than half of the population lives in coastal counties,...

This paper investigates the influence of back-to-back major hurricanes “Helene” and “Milton” which devastated south-eastern regions of the USA in 2024, and the extent to which associated storm surges influenced Extreme Value A...

Pipelines and power cables are critical infrastructures in coastal areas for transporting energy resources from offshore renewable installations to onshore grids. It is important to investigate the hydrodynamic forces on pipelines and cables and thei...