We Need to Retreat from the Beach
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Title:
We Need to Retreat from the Beach
Series Title:
The New York Times
Creator:
Pilkey, Orrin H.
Publisher:
The New York Times Company
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Language:
English

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Climate Change ( lcsh )
Sea Level Rise ( lcsh )
hurricanes ( lcsh )
Storms ( lcsh )

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Abstract:
As ocean waters warm, the Northeast is likely to face more Sandy-like storms. And as sea levels continue to rise, the surges of these future storms will be higher and even more deadly. We can’t stop these powerful storms. But we can reduce the deaths and damage they cause. Hurricane Sandy’s immense power, which destroyed or damaged thousands of homes, actually pushed the footprints of the barrier islands along the South Shore of Long Island and the Jersey Shore landward as the storm carried precious beach sand out to deep waters or swept it across the islands. This process of barrier-island migration toward the mainland has gone on for 10,000 years. ( English )

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Florida International University
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