Sentences with phrase «cause beach erosion»

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The storm surge caused substantial beach erosion, in some cases completely devastating coastal areas.

«Bulkheads and seawalls may accelerate beach erosion by reflecting wave energy off the facing wall, impacting adjacent property owners as well,» writes Leatherman, adding that such structures along retreating shorelines eventually cause diminished beach width and even loss.

The first projection of future beach erosion all along Japanese coasts was published in 1994 by Mimura et al. (1994), who calculated that beach erosion caused by SLR would occur in values of 0.30, 0.65, and 1.00 m based on the projections of the IPCC First Assessment Report (IPCC, 1990).

Superstorm Sandy caused massive beach erosion and damage to the Jersey shore.

It highlights several implications for this sector, including altered seasonality, desertification and floods, damages caused by increased incidence of natural hazards, coastal erosion and loss of beach areas, and loss of natural and archeological attractions.

Finally jetties that are built to protect harbors often block the transport sand along the coast, starving beaches down stream from the jetty and causing amplified erosion.

In the face of higher sea levels and more intense storms, coastal communities face greater risk of rapid beach erosion from destructive storms like the intense nor» easter of April 2007 that caused this damage.

Storm surge can cause deaths, widespread infrastructure damage, and severe beach erosion.

By the end of this century, increased rates of sea - level rise (SLR) could cause pcmanent inundation of portions of low - lying coastal cities, repeated flooding episodes, and more severe beach erosion.

Erosion from high tides and storm events is already wearing away San Francisco's Ocean Beach, and the bay is lapping the edges of the Embarcadero causing flooding during Storms.