Listen to my interview on ‘The World’ about the coastline paradox

The World with Marco Werman

April 20, 2026

“How long is the English coast? Or, for that matter, the coast of Portugal, Brazil or Kenya? Turns out, experts are not in agreement, thanks to a phenomenon of measurement called the coastal paradox. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with independent geographer Katherine Sammler about what these disagreements mean for geopolitical relationships.”

Listen here:

https://theworld.org/segments/2026/04/20/the-coastline-paradox

To learn more, you can read my open access article discussing this issue here:

https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2019.1632219