Communications Earth & Environment (May 2022)

Single extreme storm sequence can offset decades of shoreline retreat projected to result from sea-level rise

  • Mitchell D. Harley,
  • Gerd Masselink,
  • Amaia Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu,
  • Nieves G. Valiente,
  • Tim Scott

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00437-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Episodic coastal sediment deposition during extreme storms can offset shoreline retreat projected in response to sea levels rise by decades, according to high-resolution morphology data from Australia, the UK and Mexico, collected after extreme storm events.