Beach Erosion: Causes and Remedies

Beach erosion is the removal of sand from a beach to deeper waters such as inlets, tidal shoals and bays ("What causes beach erosion," Scientific American, 2008). Beach erosion can have a number of different causes, but global warming is thought to have significantly increased the rate of beach erosion in the past decades. This is due to the melting polar ice caps which causes increased water levels and increased wearing-away of sand ("What causes beach erosion," Scientific American, 2008). Global warming also creates more severe storms and severe weather because of the increased levels of moisture in the atmosphere, also due to the melting polar ice caps ("What causes beach erosion," Scientific American, 2008).

Losing sand is significant, "since the beach both protects the land behind it and provides recreation areas and habitat for wildlife. The beach absorbs energy from the sea, and the...
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