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Sanderlings hanging out on the beach in Assateague Island.
Sanderlings in Assateague island
An illustration of a beach umbrella.
Beach umbrella
An illustration of a Spanish-style building.
Urban: Spanish-style building
orange sunset over a beach with various waterbirds flying overhead.
Sunset over the Pacific
Close up shot of feet walking over a sandy beach with waves in the background.
Feet on the Beach
water gently lapping against a quiet beach.
Water lapping against the shore
Close up of waves rolling on a dark beach with a branch.
Waves
waves rolling against a sandy beach
Waves 2
Icon representing tourism
Tourism
A diagram illustrates the current conditions of the intertidal beach ecosystem on Assateague Island and shows the impact climate change will have on this area.
Climate Change Effects on Assateague Island's…
A diagram illustrates the current state of Assateague Island's dunes and grasslands and shows the impacts climate change will likely have on this ecosystem.
Climate Change Effects on the Dunes of Assateague…
A conceptual diagram illustrates the current issues that beach intertidal habitats face as well as the problems they are likely to face in the future as climate change impacts this ecosystem.
The effects of climate change on the beach…
Pickleweed is an invasive or introduced plant in Hawaii. It has succulent, brilliant green leaves and is common in salt marshes and tidal shorelines. It grows slowly in soils with high salt concentrations and areas with seawater overwash where it suffers little competition from other plants. The species manages salts by sequestering them in cell vacuoles and eventually shedding the leaves.
Batis maritima (Pickleweed)
Black skimmers nesting off the Everglades at Cape Romano.
Adult and chick black skimmers
Black skimmers nesting off the Everglades at Cape Romano.
Black skimmers nesting
Side view of adult American Avocet with summer plumage
Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) :
Side view of adult American Avocet with winter plumage
Recurvirostra Americana (American Avocet) :
Trash has built up over time on the shoreline of the Pipe Creek Wildlife Area. This trash comes from people throwing it off of boats as well as people leaving it on the small beach. Sandusky, Ohio.
Glass and trash on Pipe Creek Shoreline
Trash has built up over time on the shoreline of the Pipe Creek Wildlife Area. This trash comes from people throwing it off of boats as well as people leaving it on the small beach. Sandusky, Ohio.
Glass and trash on Pipe Creek Shoreline
Illustration of a volcanic island with reef, waterfall and atoll
Reef 3D: volcanic island with waterfall and atoll
Cross-section of a volcanic island watershed, showing crater lakes, waterfalls, modified and natural shoreline, fringing reef, volcanic island, and lava flows.
Watershed 3D: volcanic island with crater lakes…
Coastal road and seawall to the northeast of Apia, Samoa.
Coastal road and seawall in Samoa
Steps cut in coconut palm for easy harvesting, on the northwest coast of Upolu, Samoa.
Steps cut in coconut palm
Electrical Power Generating Stations on the Patapsco River, with Stoney Creek in the foreground.
Brandon Shores Power Plant
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