Erosion

Smooth white pebbles, pink and black sand, colorful shells… every beach has its own “personality,” with specific characteristics that make it stand out from others. Many beachgoers, wanting to keep a memento from the spot where they enjoyed their holidays, pack a “piece” of the beach in their luggage.

The landslide on Saturday morning on Thirasia next to Santorini has highlighted the need to map the slopes of the caldera on both isles to identify the most dangerous points.

Southern Europe is already hurting and will hurt even more in the years to come from rising temperature, less rainfall, coastal erosion and floods, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warns in its first European Climate Risk Assessment report published earlier this month.

The rate of residential areas and bare rocks in Turkey's Mount Uludağ National Park has increased from around seven percent to 13 percent in the last three decades, according to a study.

“The figure was scarcely visible and was about to disappear because it’s situated on quite a steep slope that’s prone to the effects of natural erosion”

The state should consider moving certain mountain settlements to a different location instead of investing in expensive anti-erosion works, says Efthymis Lekkas, professor of dynamic tectonic applied geology at Athens University and head of the Organization of Earthquake Planning and Protection.

The first thing to be done in the fight against desertification is to prevent land degradation and then engage in restoration that rehabilitates the destroyed land, experts said. Caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations, desertification directly affects human life and the sustainability of the planet.

The Yerköprü Waterfall in Mut is said to have been formed as a result of erosion caused by the Ermenek Stream. Click through for the story in photos...

Confidence among German business leaders held steady in May after months of erosion, a regular survey showed on May 25, although doubts remained over the outlook for the world economy.

Two new university studies warn of the risks of extensive coastal erosion in seven parts of Greece.