Your favorite beaches around the world could disappear because of the climate crisis, development
CNNCNN — It’s easy to see why millions of people flock to the beach every year. And in order to try to get there, we expect that it will take away the beach much faster than it is right now,” said Orrin Pilkey, director emeritus for the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines.”Sea level rise will spare nobody.” Here’s how some of the world’s most famous beaches are imperiled by sea level rise. South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida Shutterstock Dubbed the “canary in the mine shaft” by its own mayor when it comes to the impacts of sea level rise, South Beach and all of Miami Beach’s high-end real estate sits just feet above sea level. Like many other urban beaches, Surfers Paradise is fighting erosion with beach nourishment, but as seas rise, replacing lost sand will grow more costly: A 2012 analysis found that over the next century, beach nourishment could cost as much as $54 million per year. To build resiliency in the face of future sea level rise, San Francisco is using a combined strategy of nourishing the beach with dredged sand and “managed retreat” – moving roads farther inland away from the erosion to allow natural processes to take hold, while also fortifying critical infrastructure that could be in harm’s way.
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