Climate-Driven Coastal and Ocean Dynamics: Waves, Shoreline Changes, and Carbon Cycle Interactions

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is profoundly altering coastal and ocean systems, with cascading impacts on wave dynamics, shoreline stability, and the marine carbon cycle. Rising sea levels, intensifying storms, and shifting ocean currents are accelerating coastal erosion and threatening ecosystems and human infrastructure. Concurrently, these physical changes are interacting with biogeochemical processes, potentially modifying the ocean’s capacity to sequester carbon. This Special Issue seeks high-quality research addressing the intersections of these critical systems under climate forcing.

We invite contributions that advance our understanding of the following:

• Physical dynamics: Wave climate variability, extreme events (e.g., storm surges), and sediment transport processes driving shoreline evolution.
• Carbon cycle feedback: The impacts of coastal erosion, ocean acidification, and blue carbon ecosystems (e.g., mangroves, seagrasses) on carbon storage and fluxes.
• Modeling and observational tools: Remote sensing, numerical modeling, and field studies to predict long-term changes and inform adaptive management. 
• Climate models, climate geo-engineering, stratospheric aerosol injection, climate intervention, and solar radiation modification impacts.

The submission of interdisciplinary studies linking hydrodynamics, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry is particularly encouraged, as are assessments of mitigation strategies (e.g., nature-based solutions). By compiling cutting-edge research, this Special Issue aims to support policymakers and stakeholders in addressing climate risks to coastal resilience and ocean health.

Dr. Frédéric Kpèdonou Bonou
Guest Editor

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