Half of the World’s Sandy Beaches Could Be Lost By 2100, Study Finds

Yale e360
Mar 3, 2020, 12:46 pm202 pts
Sandy beaches line more than 30 percent of the world’s coastlines, playing critical roles in local economies, cultures, and as natural buffers to coastal storms. Now, scientists are projecting that more than half of the world’s sandy beaches could vanish by the end of the century due to worsening erosion…

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