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Beaches can survive sea-level rises as long as they have space to move – Phys.org
An international team of coastal scientists has dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century.
An international team of coastal scientists has dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century.
The claim was made by European researchers in a paper published in Nature Climate Change in March 2020 (Sandy coastlines under threat of erosion by Vousdoukas et al).
However, academics from the UK, France, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the USA have re-examined the data and methodology that underpinned the original study and say…
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