The role of beach and sand dune vegetation in mediating wave run up erosion

RA Feagin, M Furman, K Salgado, ML Martinez… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Coastal dunes are often the first and only line of physical defense for communities subjected
to damaging storms and waves. Planting vegetation on them has been proposed as one …

Contribution of wave setup to projected coastal sea level changes

A Melet, R Almar, M Hemer… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Along open coasts, wind waves are a key driver of coastal changes and can be major
contributors to coastal hazards. Wind wave characteristics are projected to change in …

[HTML][HTML] Ensemble models from machine learning: an example of wave runup and coastal dune erosion

T Beuzen, EB Goldstein… - Natural Hazards and …, 2019 - nhess.copernicus.org
After decades of study and significant data collection of time-varying swash on sandy
beaches, there is no single deterministic prediction scheme for wave runup that eliminates …

Ecosystem services of reed and seagrass debris on a urban Mediterranean beach (Poetto, Italy)

A Ruju, C Buosi, G Coco, M Porta, D Trogu… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reports a scientific inquiry carried out within the management process of an
exceptional accumulation of reeds and seagrasses that took place in December 2019 on …

An integrated sea-land approach for analyzing forms, processes, deposits and the evolution of the urban coastal belt of Cagliari

M Porta, C Buosi, D Trogu, A Ibba, S De Muro - Journal of Maps, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Using a comprehensive cartographic product, this paper aims to illustrate the evolution of
the urban geomorphological setting of the urban coastal belt of Cagliari (southern Sardinia …

Field observations of a multilevel beach cusp system and their swash zone dynamics

S Nuyts, Z Li, K Hickey, J Murphy - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents the observed morphological evolution of a multilevel beach cusp
system in Long Strand, Co. Cork, Ireland. The surveys were carried out with an Unmanned …

Horizontal runup and seagrass beach cast-litters: Modelling and observations

M Passarella, A Ruju, S De Muro… - Journal of Coastal …, 2020 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Passarella, M.; Ruju, A.; De Muro, S., and Coco, G., 2020. Horizontal runup and
seagrass beach cast-litters: Modelling and observations. In: Malvárez, G. and Navas …

On the prediction of swash excursion and the role of seagrass beach-cast litter: modelling and observations

M Passarella - 2019 - iris.unica.it
Criticality in coastal management and environmental protection is intensified by coastal
hazards and climate changes which nowadays should not be ignored. Due to ongoing sea …

On the role of biomass on coastal morphodynamics in natural and urban Mediterranean beaches

D Trogu - 2022 - iris.unica.it
The continuous sea level rise and the increase in the intensity of wave storms, amplified by
global climate change, implies an adequate response from coastal management and …