2026 December - 11 articles
Lagoon–estuary complexes are dynamic sedimentary archives in which shoreline mobility and human pressure affect both coastal function and geoheritage. We integrate 14 sediment cores, a quantitative assessment of seven geosites (Brilha method),...
Small urban mangrove remnants may undergo substantial spatial reorganization that regional land-cover products or endpoint area change alone poorly represent. Arboreal canopy dynamics were reconstructed in an urban estuarine sector within a common 12...
Aging concrete seawalls are increasingly exposed to deterioration and sea-level-rise (SLR)-related hydraulic demands, yet the fracture response of pre-existing water-accessible cracks under combined coastal loading remains insufficiently understood....
The coastal wetland in the Nin Lagoon, Croatia, represents a valuable and ecologically sensitive transitional ecosystem between land and sea. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and distribution of halophytic communities and seagrasse...
The morphodynamics of macro-tidal embayed sandy beaches were studied by numerical experiments. The focus was placed on the generation and evolution of morphological features on schematised plane-sloping embayed beaches subjected to both large semi-di...
Sea-level rise may substantially reduce the dry space available on sandy beaches, although its effects depend strongly on local beach characteristics. This study evaluates the residual spatial functionality of five beaches in southern Spain using two...
Coastal zones and their connected freshwater and marine systems are among the environments most acutely exposed to accelerating climate hazards. European policy has responded by placing Digital Twin (DT) infrastructures at the centre of its climate a...
Debris flows pose a significant hazard in mountainous and coastal arid regions, yet their rapid post-event assessment remains challenging. In March 2023, the Yaku event generated extreme rainfall across Peru’s Pacific watershed, triggering a hy...
Beach nourishment is a widely used coastal protection measure that affects beach morphology, sedimentology, and ecology. In Ahrenshoop (Baltic Sea), sand nourishments are applied approximately every five years to widen a 4 km stretch of the tourist b...
The interplay between particle-specific hydrodynamics (settlement velocity, shape-specific drag, resuspension thresholds) and landscape-scale forcing (population-specific density, tidal asymmetry, sedimentological trapping, longshore drift) determine...
Wave energy is a viable renewable resource for islands and isolated coastal areas looking to lessen their reliance on fossil fuels. However, the majority of wave energy converter (WEC) evaluations address site-specific limitations, including coastal...
