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Scotland's beaches appear to be 'shrinking.'
2013-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: GET down to the beach today whatever the weather and while you still can Scotlands beaches appear to be shrinking. A new study has found that the low tide mark is moving closer to land at a much quicker rate than the high tide mark, effectively causing the beach in between to reduce in size as sediment is lost. Detailed surveys at a test site in the Clyde estuary revealed that sections of the shoreline have been eroded at an average rate of more than a metre per year since 1940. Experts at...
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