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GLOBAL SHORELINE CHANGE

Disappearing beaches

Under climate change, sea-level rise is expected to bring about large changes in the world’s coastlines. Now, research predicting future shoreline change from satellite data indicates loss of nearly 50% of sandy beaches by the end of the century.

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Fig. 1: The changing face of global surface water.

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Brooks, S. Disappearing beaches. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10, 188–190 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0656-9

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