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Tag: Coast Erosion
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D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas
As climate change speeds coastal erosion in France, can memory be preserved if the famous landing sites of the Allied invasion disappear?
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In England, Coastal Homeowners Flee as the Sea Swallows Their Towns
Homeowners along the eastern coast of England are watching the North Sea swallow their communities. Help is on the way — but only for some.
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Climate Change Brings Warmer, Wetter Weather to Trinidad
Even as the leaders of Trinidad and Tobago double down on fossil fuels, climate change is bringing more extreme weather to the island nation.
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La Niña Has Ended, and El Niño May Be on the Way
The climate pattern that tends to bring drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half has ended, NOAA said Thursday.