Course Content
Hydropshere: Coastlines

ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

Coastal Processes: An Introduction
High School Earth Science Project, Center for Science Education, University of South Carolina

Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries
Simon Brassell, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University

Marine and Coastal Environments
David Allan and Tim Killeen, University of Michigan

The Remarkable Ocean World
Sean Chamberlin, Earth Science Department, Fullerton College

Shoreline Erosion
Dan Erlandson, Newark Academy (Livingston, New Jersey)

IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES

Coral Reef Online
NOAA

NewsOne Video
ABC News

Simulating Coral Reefs
Tim Scheitlin and Don Middleton, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Tsunamis: The Great Waves
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)

A Video of Atoll Formation
Don W. Tarman, California State University, Pomona

EXERCISES AND LABS

Beach Waves and Bay Waters: Voyage and Questions
Karen Grove, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University

The Coral Reef Cake: An Activity for K-12 Earth Science or Biology Classes
Pamela Hallock Muller, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida

Living with the Great Lakes
Patricia Videtich and Erik J. Crooks, Grand Valley State University

Sediments, Waves, and Beaches
William A. Prothero, Department of Geological Sciences, UC Santa Barbara

Shelf and Estuarine Oceanography
Matthias Tomczak, School of Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Sciences, Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia)

RESEARCH & POLICY

Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches
Cornelia Dean (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999)

Cape May to Montauk: A Coastal Protection Report Card
Mark Dorfman, Ariel Spira-Cohen, Jennifer Henry, et al.; National Resources Defense Council

Coastal Sprawl: The Effects of Urban Design on Aquatic Ecosystems in the United States
Dana Beach, Pew Oceans Commission

The Global Coral Reef Crisis: Trends and Solutions
Gregor Hodgson and Jennifer Liebeler; Reef Check Foundation; UCLA Institute of the Environment

Introduced Species in U.S. Coastal Waters: Environmental Impacts and Management Priorities
James T. Carlton, Pew Oceans Commission

Maritime State of Nature: Getting onto an Even Keel
R. Covey and D. d'A. Lafoley, in English Nature

Metro East Coast Climate Impacts Assessment
Earth Institute, Columbia University

Sea-level Rise and Global Climate Change: A Review of Impacts to U.S. Coasts
James E. Neumann et al., Pew Center on Global Climate Change

The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and the Pacific Freely Associated States
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Assoication (NOAA)

1972: Coastal Zone Management Act
United States Congress

1974: Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Act
United States Congress

1988: Shore Protection Act
United States Congress

1993: Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act
United States Congress

1997: National Coastal Monitoring Act
United States Congress

2000: Coral Reef Conservation Act
United States Congress