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Why sand is disappearing

2014-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: TO those of us who visit beaches only in summer, they seem as permanent a part of our natural heritage as the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes. But shore dwellers know differently. Beaches are the most transitory of landscapes, and sand beaches the most vulnerable of all. During big storms, especially in winter, they can simply vanish, only to magically reappear in time for the summer season. It could once be said that a beach is a place where sand stops to rest for a moment before resuming...

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