Coastal erosion, Tuamotu Islands. Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care
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When seas rise, it’s inevitable: beaches disappear. Even setting climate change aside, scientists predict a 10- to 12-inch (25-30cm) rise in ocean levels by the end of this century, and for each inch the ocean rises, a beach gets on average 3¼ feet (1m) narrower. Add human interference with natural beach topography – channel dredging, sand replacement, seawalls, jetties – and it’s a recipe for disaster…
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” The Last Beach,” a book by Orrin H. Pilkey And J. Andrew G. Cooper
“In The Last Beach, the authors describe the top five threats to beaches around the world. Even a quick overview of these threats suggests a strategy for confronting the degradation and loss of beaches. It’s no surprise that a comprehensive, long-term beach protection strategy requires significant changes to our economic system, a system that has overdeveloped and polluted beaches to the extent that they have become unhealthy places to swim or even play in the sand…”—Countercurrents
