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Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in polluted waterways. A new report draws upon self disclosed data by industrial facilities provided to the EPA. The study counted 17 ...
In this instance, "profile" means the slope of the uneroded beach from above the water out to sea. The Gold Coast profile nourishment program placed 75% of its total sand volume below low water level. Some coastal authorities overnourish the below water beach (aka "nearshore nourishment") so that over time the natural beach increases in size ...
Over the years beach nourishment has become a very controversial shore protection measure: It has the potential to negatively impact several of the natural resources. Some large issues with these beach nourishment projects are that they must follow a wide range of complex laws and regulations, as well as the high expenses it takes to complete ...
Beach evolution, also called "beach replenishment" or "beach nourishment", it involves importing sand from elsewhere and adding it to the existing beach. The imported sand should be of a similar quality to the existing beach material so it can meld with the natural local processes and without adverse effects.
In contrast beach nourishment can increase sediment source. In 1966, Bowen and Inman defined a littoral cell and separated sediment inputs, accretion by longshore drift and outputs. [4] Sedimentary budgets are used to assist in the management of beach erosion by trying to show the present sediment movement and forecast future sediment movement. [5]
Surfers beware: Bearded fireworms, caterpillarlike critters that look like they are straight out of a horror movie are lurking in the sand on Texas beaches. " Your worst nightmares are washing up ...
The bay's shoreline became heavily urbanized and industrialized, [23] leading to pollution of the bay. In the 1970s the bay was described by U.S. Representative Robert C. Eckhardt as "the most polluted body of water in the U.S." [24] The ship channel and Clear Lake were rated by the Galveston Bay Estuary Program as having even worse water ...
Minor effects include pedestrian trampling, constructing footpaths, and off-road vehicle tracks, to the more significant which includes the construction of roads, car parks, houses, the use of sand dunes for ground water extraction, the conversion of sand dunes to land for farming, forestry or waste disposal and sand dune mining.