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11 results for "coastal vulnerability"
![Coastal Erosion at Skipsea on the East Yorkshire Coast. © Matthew J Thomas / iStockphoto](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/iStock-1299945115_Holderness_Coast.jpg)
Spotlight on BGS coastal erosion data
BGS GeoCoast data can support researchers and practitioners facing coastal erosion adaptation challenges along our coastline.
![setting-up-two-streamer-traps-of-mixed-sand-and-gravel beach-east-coast-minsmere-cliffs-p1029949](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/setting-up-two-streamer-traps-of-mixed-sand-and-gravel-beach-east-coast-minsmere-cliffs-p1029949-960x645.webp)
BGS to lead new research project on barrier systems to support more sustainable coastal management
Scientists at BGS will lead a new four-year project that will enhance our understanding of gravel barrier systems across the coastlines of the UK.
![A tropical beach with white sand and two palm trees on the right. People are sunbathing and swimming in the sea. There is a distant, lushly vegetated hill with a rock arch in the distance.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/20230206_144037.jpg)
Island groundwater management in the Philippines: part one — Boracay
BGS’s Andy Barkwith and Andy McKenzie travelled to the Philippines to undertake collaborative research and outreach with Filipino partners for a national hydrological modelling project. In this first blog, they discuss the first week of work on small islands.
![Cordoned off section of road after the storm surge of 15th December 2013 in Hembsy, Norfolk. © P Witney BGS BGS, UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/P883478-hemsby-norfolk-1.jpg)
Hemsby coastal erosion: the scale of the transformational challenge around the coastlines of England and Wales
The recent closure of Hemsby beach in Norfolk provides key information on the transformational challenge of coasts around England and evidence of historical change along the coastlines of England and Wales.
![Jurassic Coast, Dorset. Image by Roman Grac from Pixabay.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jurassic-coast-1406284_1920_pixabay-960x640.jpg)
Introducing GeoCoast: new coastal datasets from BGS
GeoCoast is an integrated GIS package of datasets designed to inform and support coastal management and adaptation.
![Studland Bay](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Studland_bay_-_geograph_thumb.jpg)
Six changing coastlines and how climate change could affect them
We explore how parts of the British coastline are changing and what important factors we should consider in terms of natural hazards, adaptation and resilience.
![coastal_blog_web](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/coastal_blog_web.jpg)
Sea level rise and coastal erosion: what’s the real impact?
How much of an issue are coastal vulnerabilities and what do we need to consider to increase our resilience to future events?
![Flamborough Head - iStock](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Flamborough_head_iStock.jpg)
New BGS datasets for coastal management, planning and adaptation in the face of climate change
BGS GeoCoast is a package of geospatial datasets designed to provide information on the geological conditions and constraints around the coastline of Britain.