Beach Erosion

Title: Beach Erosion
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Beach Erosion

Beach Erosion: Cause and Effect For many decades the approach to rapid coastal erosion was to build up sea defenses, to try and slow down or even stop the erosion. Initially the attempts were thought a success, however after some years it was realized that the power of the sea and waves could overcome human attempts. Only could protection be a success if huge costs were going to be involved. Many methods around the world …showed first 75 words of 935 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 935 total…will be moved inland to higher ground, to compensate for the rising sea levels. There may be people who oppose this idea like homeowners and realtors on the coasts, but even to compensate them will mean still saving millions of dollars every year. In normal circumstances, no one ever receives compensation for properties lost to the sea, so hopefully that will deter them from wanting to build on the coastline and risk erosion even more.

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