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"A beach in north-east Scotland is eroding rapidly owing to climate change,
leaving a town at risk of flooding and its centuries-old golf links crumbling
into the sea.
The Dynamic Coast report in 2021 studied the rate of erosion at Montrose and
predicted that 120 metres would be lost over 40 years, an average of 3 metres a
year.
People in Montrose are fearing the start of the storm season in autumn, as last
year’s record-breaking storms caused the beach to erode 7 metres in the space
of a year, more than 4 metres more than scientists predicted.
A report on behalf of Montrose Golf Links by EnviroCentre in December revealed
that historically observed average rates of retreat are between 2.8–7.0 metres
a year and that “observed trends in coastal erosion can be expected to
continue, or indeed accelerate in response to future climate change”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
