PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A windy day on the beach can leave you a sandy mess with sand everywhere from in your clothes to sand in your hair. Windy beach days, however, can be very important to a beach's ...

Sand dunes are a common sight on Carolina beaches, and they serve a vital function in the natural world that scientists want to understand better.

“Season” in Southwest Florida means a bevy of activities in our coastal communities. Chief among them: beach trips. The beach is one of our most celebrated natural resources, and rightly so. We know ...

That makes Sleeping Bear Dunes’ placement on the “one-of-a-kind” list even more impressive. The Michigan destination ranked alongside globally famous beaches in places like Italy, South Africa, and ...

This small beach town and its bronzy sand is a hidden gem, but it's an area that has seen quick growth, and a lot of visitors. The issue with that, many are uneducated on how vulnerable this coast is.

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — The storm that hit Pinellas County last weekend severely eroded new beach sand dunes which cost more than $26 million to reconstruct after Hurricane Idalia brushed by the coast ...

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — The sand Pinellas County has been using for emergency beach dune renourishment has been coming from mines near Davenport and driven about 90 miles to the Gulf of Mexico coastline ...

Formed from windblown dry sands, dunes are meant to protect inland areas, acting as a first line of defense from flooding. The small ridges or hills of sand, usually found at the top of a beach, take ...

After 15 years of monitoring coastal erosion, Trustees of Sandwich Beaches wants permanent solutions, a new law and public ...

The county is bolstering beaches and dunes washed away by storms as part of a $5.1-million effort that involves piping up ...