Erosion Control sign buried by eroded sand, Brewster, Cape Cod, Mass. Captions and Photo source: ©© Muffinman71
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“I didn’t think I’d be spending my retirement money on sand.” It’s Sandwich homeowners against the town and the Army Corps of Engineers in the fight to stop the ocean from swallowing up their homes…
Erosion Nibbles Away at Cape Cod’s Coast, Harwich (06-11-2014)
“At the same time the population is moving towards the coast the coast is also moving to that population,” explained Rob Thieler of the U.S. Geological Survey Science Center in Woods Hole…
Climate Change Concerns Weigh On Cape Home-Buying Decisions, Boston Globe (09-22-2014)
Climate change has become a focal point in real estate discussions on Cape Cod. Increased awareness of rising sea levels, flood zones, and storm surge have potential buyers rethinking how close a relationship they want with the ocean…
Nantucket’s Big Dig: How could it happen? Nantucket Coastal Conservancy (01-10-2014)
Scientists Foresee Losses as Cities Fight Beach Erosion, Climate Central (08-14-2015)
Reuters’ Water’s Edge Report – Part I And Part II (09-19-2014)
“The Beaches Are Moving,” A Video featuring Orrin Pilkey, PhD
World famous coastal geologist Orrin H. Pilkey takes us to the beach and explains why erosion has become a problem…
“Seawalls Kill Beaches,” Open Letters by Warner Chabot And Rob Young, (10-03-2014)
” The Last Beach,” a book by Orrin H. Pilkey And J. Andrew G. Cooper
Sand, Rarer Than One Thinks: A UNEP Report (GEA-March 2014)
Let’s Talk About Sand: Denis Delestrac At TEDxBarcelona
Denis Delestrac latest feature documentary, “Sand Wars” is an epic eco-thriller that takes the audience around the globe to unveil a new gold rush and a disturbing fact: we are running out of sand! In this TEDxBarcelona talk, he explains us where sand comes from and where it ends up…
