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Can seawalls save us from rising seas and surging storms?

Huge coastal barriers could protect the world’s cities. But they’ll have unexpected costs.
Fire Island coastal vulnerability
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It took $1.7 billion to fix Fire Island’s beaches. One storm wrecked them.

The barrier island off the coast of New York is more than a vacation community. It is what stands between rising seas and one of the most densely populated coastal regions in the country.
Barcelona’s beaches could vanish

Barcelona’s beaches could vanish as authorities abandon ‘enhancement’

Along Spain’s east coast, storms and rising sea levels are eating away at the coastline – but the old solutions are now out of fashion.

Coastal erosion on Australia's south coast
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Coastal erosion has Australia's south coast residents fearing they are one bad storm away from beaches disappearing

In the 42 years Rosemary Deadman has lived on the shore of Surfside Beach, she has watched the sea devour about 12 metres of beach, bringing the water ever closer to her back door.
Amid rising seas, ‘dry’ resort is wetter than it likes

Amid rising seas, ‘dry’ resort is wetter than it likes

The impacts of rising sea levels can be clearly seen in Ocean City, New Jersey, a family resort town spending tens of millions of dollars to deal with flooding.

'Sand wars': the battle to replenish Florida’s beaches amid climate crisis

'Sand wars': the battle to replenish Florida’s beaches amid climate crisis

Surfside's postcard beach is experiencing a disappearing act amid hurricanes, rising sea levels – and a worldwide sand shortage.

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