Creating dunes, headlands and artificial reefs are the focus of coastal erosion plans, but they aren’t without controversy.

A huge sandbar-shaped peninsula along the southern coast of the Netherlands is one of the country's latest experiments in coastal management. Along the southwestern coast of the Netherlands, not far ...

The boy was trapped beneath at least 11 feet of sand for more than three hours. July 13, 2013— -- A 6-year-old boy is in critical condition today at a Chicago hospital after he was trapped for ...

NOGAHABARA DUNES — From a molded seat of sand dug into the western rim of a 5-mile oval of desert, I’m looking out over a sea of tan waves. Spruce spears stick up here and there through the sand. On ...