Coastline to be transformed as sea defences removed

Experts warn that new strategies are needed to combat emerging threat to US coastlines: 'Embracing an alliance'

Amid rising sea levels, people in coastal communities may need to change the way they deal with the relentlessly advancing waters. What's happening? It would behoove North Carolinians to alter their approach and work with nature rather than against it, Duke University marine biology student Ava Kocher wrote for the North Carolina Coastal Federation's Coastal Review. She said residents were fighting a losing battle to maintain their properties al…

Coastline to be transformed as sea defences removed

Illustration – Middle Beach, Studland.