Guarujá Brazil. Photograph courtesy of: © Joanna Kalafatis
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Climate change poses an existential threat to the world’s sandy beaches, and that as many as half of them could disappear by the end of the century, a new study has found.
Even by 2050 some coastlines could be unrecognizable from what we see today, with 14% to 15% facing severe erosion.
While the amount of beach lost will vary by location, the study found that many densely populated areas — including those along the US East Coast, South Asia and Central Europe — could see some shorelines retreat inland by nearly 330 feet (100 meters) by 2100.
The study was published Monday in the scientific Journal Nature Climate Change and was conducted by scientists from the European Commission’s Joint Research Center, as well as universities in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands…
Read Full Article, CNN (03-02-2020)
Original Study: Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion; Nature (03-02-2020)
A substantial proportion of the world’s sandy coastline is already eroding, a situation that could be exacerbated by climate change…
The end of the world’s most famous beaches; By Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper; (08-01-2017)
” 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…
