Erosion takes heavy toll on Po‘ipu Beach, Kaua‘i

Location of Po‘ipu Beach Park on the island of Kaua‘i

Stephen “Dr. Beach” Leatherman named Po‘ipu Beach Park on Kaua‘i the nation’s top beach just eight years ago; he might not recognize it today. Jim O’Connell, a coastal geologist with the UH Sea Grant Program, said a shoreline-change project shows that the beach, a favorite of both tourists and endangered Hawaiian monk seals, has lost about a foot a year since 1927 to storms and other erosion.

Read more about it at Honolulu Star-Bulletin and The Garden Island. Image adapted from Honolulu Star-Bulletin.