The Sudden Appearance of Kumani Bank The emergence of a 'ghost island' in November of 2024 was caused by submarine mud ...

Louisiana has beaches that’ll make you question everything you thought you knew about the state. Welcome to Grand Isle, where the Gulf of Mexico meets a barrier island so charming it feels like ...

Coastal geologist Stanley R. Riggs has spent more than six decades studying North Carolina’s barrier islands, documenting how they shift and evolve as living systems shaped by wind, waves and storms.

Eight unoccupied houses were claimed by roaring Atlantic surf this week on the Outer Banks — a 200-mile ribbon of barrier islands on the North Carolina coast — as Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane ...

Orange Beach visitors and locals will now be able to enjoy more beaches with the restoration of three barrier islands. That is, if they don’t mind sharing with migratory birds and other native species ...

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — More than 7 million people visited the Gulf Islands National Seashore in 2024, spending money in the nearby communities, according to a National Park Service news ...

Two powerful systems are developing in the Atlantic—a hurricane and a tropical storm- and while neither is forecast to make landfall in the U.S., both have prompted a slew of warnings and advisories ...

Barrier islands protect coastlines and provide wildlife habitats, but development is increasing. Several letters to the editor discuss the recent death of political commentator Charlie Kirk, with ...

Looking at photos of the barrier islands up to the 1970s show islands made up of small seasonal houses, some retail, small bungalow motels, beaches and lots of mangroves. Jump ahead to 2025, the ...

There are places in this world so beautiful that your brain temporarily short-circuits, leaving you stammering like a tourist who just found out the “authentic local restaurant” they discovered is ...

The Marshall Islands, scattered in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea, consists of five main islands and 29 atolls — small low-lying islands formed by coral reefs. The total land ...

A new island emerged in a frigid lake within Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve this summer, according to recent images captured by NASA satellites. That might sound like something to get ...