Beaches grow when currents deposit more sediment than they carry away. With this in mind, barriers called groynes are sometimes built out into the sea. Perpendicular to the shore, these protect ...

A teacher at Drakensburg Secondary School in South Africa is under investigation for allegedly cutting off a Hindu student's religious thread. The South African Hindu Maha Sabha has condemned the ...

ISLA: I’ve read about these wooden posts, they’re called groynes. Groynes act as barriers to stop the sediment from moving along the shoreline. The sand or stones are trapped on the side of ...

Timber groynes at Lake and Colwell Bay are set to be restored as part of a major Isle of Wight Council scheme to strengthen coastal defences. Ten groynes at Lake Cliffs, between Small Hope Beach ...