Birling Gap, almost gone. Captions and Photo source: ©© Andrew Tijou
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A clear national strategy is “urgently needed” to help future-proof coastal areas from rising sea levels and extreme weather, according to a report published by the National Trust on Friday.
The trust, one of the UK’s biggest coastal owners, says many of its sites have been “battered” by storms and “hit hard” by high tides this winter…
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Popular Coastal Attraction Suffered 7 years’ Worth of Erosion in 2 Months, UK, BBC News (Uploaded 03-02-2014)
A 30ft (9m) crack has appeared along the cliff top at Birling Gap in East Sussex. The crack appeared a week after the National Trust revealed the popular coastal attraction has suffered seven years’ worth of erosion in two months.
Shrinking Britain will force land to be abandoned to the sea, Guardian UK (Uploaded 04-02-2012)
Geologists take the long view, which can lead to some striking thoughts, and here is one: Britain is shrinking. As the waves crash onto the shores of this island, the rock is worn away or falls off in chunks, and, as the adage goes, they are not making land any more in Britain…
Sinking England, A National Geographic Video (Uploaded 04-02-2012)
All may seem calm on the beautiful stretches of british coastline, but there is a battle being fought on the beaches of Britain. It is a fight for survival against the mighty forces of the North Sea. Erosion of this coastline have been going on for thousands of years, but things have gotten much worst. The country is gradually tilting into the ocean…
