Now Solid Rock Coasts Are Also Crumbling Faster Than In 3,000-5,000 Years
Over half of the world's coastlines are made up of rock, and they may retreat at a faster rate in the future as a result of rising sea levels. This is in
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Over half of the world's coastlines are made up of rock, and they may retreat at a faster rate in the future as a result of rising sea levels. This is in
Rock coasts, which make up over half the world's coastlines, could retreat more rapidly in the future due to accelerating sea level rise.
Researchers from Imperial College London found that Scalby in Yorkshire could see between 43 and 72 feet of coastal retreat by 2100, and between 33 and 46 feet in Bideford in Devon.
"These currently elevated rates of ice melting may signal that those vital arteries from the heart of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have been ruptured," said one researcher. "Is it too late to stop the bleeding?"
Researchers from the University of Maine and the British Antarctic Survey have measured the rate of local sea level change, which is an indirect way to measure ice loss.