Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Reading: Beach erosion Due Fri 2/27

From the New York Times: Wealthy Stake $25 Million in a War With the Sea

Read the article on beach erosion by Friday 2/27: Link to article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/us/08island.html?scp=7&sq=beach%20erosion&st=cse




Location of Nantucket. Notice the eastern tip of Long Island NY in the lower left portion of the map.

Lighthouse on Nantucket. Notice the steep bluff.


Erosion of the bluff on Nantucket.



Structures near the beach in Siasconset, Mass., are threatened by erosion, including this home in the process of being moved from the bluff’s edge.
















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