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High tech plan to save beaches from erosion
The council will contribute $15,000 a year over the three years of the study, which will monitor how changes in wave patterns and rising sea levels will affect beach erosion.
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Beach scaffolding aids sand study
Scaffolding has been erected on a beach as part of a study into the movement of sand.
The steel frame has been installed on Perranporth beach in Cornwall to help an international team of scientists understand how breaking waves move grains of sand.
Researchers from Plymouth University will be working with counterparts in America and Australia on the experiment to examine coastal erosion
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Ancient shells will purify water, protect islands
"While there is a lot of manmade shoreline, a lot of it has been eroding, due to storm events and so much boat traffic," said Tampa Bay Watch Director Peter Clark. "This will prevent shoreline erosion and create a calm environment behind it, and it will also improve water quality and plant life.
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Special beach nourishment project introduced
A special beach nourishment project to recreate the coastline has been introduced by the Coast Conservation Department (CCD) for the first time in Sri Lanka to combat coastal erosion, CCD Deputy Director (Planning) Gamini Hewage told the Daily News..
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Kundapur: Rs 980 crore Scheme to Control Sea Erosion – Nagaraj Shetty
Kundapur, Jan 31: Chairman of Karnataka Coastal Development Authority, B Nagaraja Shetty, said that the scheme of the central government to build permanent wall to prevent sea erosion, being implemented in association with the state government, will be executed with effect from next year and Kundapur taluk will also benefit from this scheme. He was addressing the municipal councilors of the town during his visit to the municipality on Monday January 30.
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Folly Beach erosion repair gets little aid
FOLLY BEACH — The island sands continue to wash away. The popular Charleston County park is so badly eroded that the office sits stranded in the tide, behind a boardwalk that once carried visitors over the dunes.
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Haumoana costs prompt rethink
Haumoana beach's erosion problems extend back to the 1930s, and over the years its shoreline has retreated, exposing homes to wave damage during major storms.
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Letter: Golf, erosion solutions leave much to be desired in St. Lucie County
Letter: Golf, erosion

problems leave sour taste
I recently read that St. Lucie County wants to add another tax on people who live east of U.S. 1 to help pay for beach erosion.
I'm looking at my 2011 tax bill now, and I see that Erosion District E and the Florida Inland Navigation District are on there for taxes. Now, I can't see the ocean from my house. Neither do we go to the beach more than four times a year. The fair thing to do is to tax the people who use it.
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Eroded beach irks Jairam
PUDUCHERRY: Making an unscheduled visit to the Puducherry beach following a request by local environment activists, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, who was previously the Minister for Environment, expressed disappointment over the state of the eroded shoreline.? The visit was facilitated following an interactive session at the All India Editors’ Meet, when activists from PondyCan, an NGO, reminded Ramesh of a promise that he made in 2009 and urged him to come see the state of the eroded beaches.
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Erosion plan for Rainbow Beach
AT LEAST a million dollars will be spent shoring up the Rainbow Beach bathing reserve and Tin Can Bay foreshore against severe erosion, if a council plan is realised.
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