Coast

The sands stretch for miles at low tide, but the tide comes in faster than you can run — The sands in question are those on the edge of Morecambe Bay in north-west England, which is renowned for the huge distance to which the sea recedes at low tide and the speed with which it returns when the tide turns. Grange-over-Sands began as a quiet fishing village that was…

Four ways higher temperatures change the Arctic landscape — Credit: This article is based on the scientific article “Drivers, dynamics and impacts of changing Arctic coasts” by Anna M. Irrgang and colleagues. (Full citation and link available at the end of the article) Melting icebergs is a common image used to visualize the consequences of global warming. Typical is…

This sport, which is becoming increasingly popular, involves scrambling along cliffs in organised groups and jumping into the sea. — Not surprisingly, the first thing you need for coasteering is a coast! Not just any coast, but one with cliffs that are not too high, and a sea that is safe to fall or jump into from said cliffs. …

Six word photo story challenge: freestyle Sea tosses treasures on sandy beach. I call them Monkeys Paws and I have never seen so many as there were that day. There had been a huge storm. The violence of the surf had torn them from the rocks by their roots. …