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Justine Paradis
Even in the quietest of times, sand beaches are defined by movement and change.
“I think it s fair to say the beach is one of the most flexible or dynamic, if you will, habitats in the world. It’s super geologically unstable,” said coastal ecologist Dr. Bianca Charbonneau, also known as “the Dune Goon.”
On this edition of 10x10, we examine the systems and feedback loops on and around the sand beach, the science taking place there, and how the way beaches are changing is itself changing in a changing world.
A beach responds to a storm
“I don’t know what it is about a beach in winter. But there’s something that I find truly magical. There s just something so incongruous about snow on the beach,” said Diane Cardwell, standing on the beach at Rockaway in New York in February 2021. “But I think that’s only because that’s how we are used to using it. It’s always here.” ....

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