Spain’s Costa Brava beaches rapidly shrinking as coastal erosion washes away more sand

Spain’s Costa Brava beaches rapidly shrinking as coastal erosion washes away more sand

Looking out onto the beach of Platja d’Aro, Josep has tears in his eyes. “I used to play and swim here as a kid, when the beach was twice as big,” the 48-year-old teacher says. Today, the main beach in the popular Catalonian holiday resort on Spain’s Costa Brava coastline is some 50 metres (164 … Read more

How beach erosion in US casino city has 3 big gambling resorts begging for sand

How beach erosion in US casino city has 3 big gambling resorts begging for sand

But under the current best-case scenario, new sand won’t be hitting the beaches until late summer, according to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that oversees such projects. Only a narrow strip of sand sits between the ocean waves and the dunes in front of the Ocean Casino Resort. Photo: AP And … Read more