1. Climate Change and Environmental Protection
Beach nourishment involves replacing sand lost through erosion by adding fresh sand brought from another beach or dredged from the sea floor. ... An example would be the beach nourishment project on Kuhio Beach on Waikiki, Hawaii. ... 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. ... One example of a seawall is the Malecon, Havana which stretches 8km and is a popular tourist site due to the many small businesses on it. ... To compensate,...
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