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Rising sea level does not mean the end of sandy beaches – News – The University of Sydney
A global team of experts, including, from the University of Sydney, has dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course…
The Services Club in 2016 at Collaroy, which, unlike most Australian beaches, has shore-line developments preventing the beach from retreating. Top: the beach near Wetherill Street. Credit: Professor Andrew Short
However, beaches backed by low-lying coastal plains, shallow lagoons, salt marshes and dunes, which is the case with most Australian beaches, will migrate landward as a result of rising sea level. In these cases, the shoreline will retreat, but the beaches are still likely to remain, albeit…
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