The gathered allowed a dialogue about some of the challenges decision-makers are facing in responding to the shrinking coastline, with hopes a digital tool may help planners respond to eroding beac…
“I think we all agree the climate crisis is here, now. It almost feels like we’re living in a disaster movie – raging wildfires, floods, rising seas, severe drought,” she said. “We know all of this is under threat from climate change, rising seas from coastal erosion, and the stakes really could not be higher.”
“When we save our beaches, we do what’s good for the economy, ecosystems, do what’s good for recreation, livelihoods, storm protection and cultural heritage,” Sanders said. The digital platform would be able to track early-warning signs and give communities options for solutions by using a monitoring-predicting system, a color-coded map that could show which beaches are in the most danger. It could integrate wave-prediction systems, which are already readily available, Sanders said.
Katherine Mach, a professor at the University of Miami, said communities have to decide what their future will look like – will they build rock revetments and sea walls to respond in emergencies or come up with proactive strategies?
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