The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times.

Newport residents approved a nearly $100 million last fall for much-needed repairs throughout the city, including at Easton’s ...

RI coastal regulators granted Quidnessett Country Club another 30 days to come up with a plan to remove an illegal seawall and restore the shoreline.

Rhode Island, like the rest of the nation, will receive zero federal funding to restore beach sand when storms sweep it away.

Teachers, police officers, firefighters, and other workers live in overcrowded and substandard housing, or even in their cars on the beach. The post Nantucket’s workers are living on the margins ...

You don't have to travel far to see some of the world's most stunning natural wonders. From shimmering turquoise lakes to ...

We’re heading into prime goldenrod season; the “invasive” (like most lifeforms) Purple Loosestrife waves in the southwest ...

According to Mayor West, the Third Street beach entrance is likely the next to close due to continued erosion.

Chile's central and southern coastlines are facing erosion that could cause at least 10 beaches to disappear within a decade, ...

The cause: Decades of beach erosion is now accelerating fast, so fast that sections of the beach are closing. “It’s gotten ...

Storms and sea level rise driven by climate change are eroding the man-made beaches in metropolitan Barcelona, with the sea ...