Beach nourishment involves replacing sand lost through erosion by adding fresh sand brought from another beach or dredged from the sea floor. ... The aforementioned beach nourishment project on Kuhio Beach accidentally destroyed the coral reefs around the beach as the sand used for beach nourishment was washed out to sea and suffocated the corals. ... Gabions have been used in Labuan, an island in the South China Sea, to reduce coastal erosion. ... The Holderness coast in northeast England is one of the most vulnerable coastlines in the world. ... Between 2000 and 2008, the amount of solar ac...

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Over the past several years, temperatures around the world kept rising. ... Also an increase in sea levels has forced shoreline residents to move. ... Irregular weather patterns also disturbed a lot of people around the world. ... Global warming happens anywhere at any time around the world. ... Inlets, where the river meets the sea, will widen out, and cause the sea water to flow into rivers and streams. ...

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Sea level will rise all over the planet. ... Warmer temperatures, rise in sea level, changes in precipitation and water availability, altered storm patterns, and changes in growing seasons are all implications of the greenhouse effect. ... Sea level rise would inundate low-lying areas, drown coastal marshes and swamps, erode beaches, exacerbate flooding, and increase the salinity of rivers, bays, and aquifers throughout the world. A warmer world will be a wetter world, too, as evaporation increases with temperature and what goes up must come down. ... Many of the world's major agricu...

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A warmer Earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, a rise in sea level, and a wide range of impacts on plants, wildlife, and humans. ... Climate change may alter the world's habitats and ecosystems - all living things are included in and rely on these places. ... Global warming may make the sea level become higher. warmer weather makes glaciers melt. ... When water expands in the ocean, it takes up more space and the level of the sea rises. Sea level may rise as much as 2 feet during the next century. ...

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As far as solar energy goes, Cuba has conditions that are almost dream-like for every third world country and every ecologist. ... Castro responded to the turmoil by once again letting Cubans cross the sea. ... Environment Much like many other places in the third world, Cuba has a spectacular natural environment and serious environmental pro...

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