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And conduct way we can observe development of the geometry of the send engine we can look at such a day should. we can look at. the way the lagoon feels an empty set and how it changes so it's a permanent observation. the data collected over the years demonstrate that a sand engine that is a single mega naresh meant designed to last for decades can indeed work. the wind waves and currents help to replenish the receding coastline. plants are taking root on the sand bar. grass growing on the dunes helps to secure them. the fish to. see live one of the main purposes of the sand motor is to provid...

Down has become a hotspot for wind and kite surfing and a destination for holiday makers. it's just southwest of the hague on the dutch north sea coast much of the beach the sand bar that bulges out into the sea is man made it was created in twenty eleven and designed to serve as a sand engine to counter coastal erosion. marcel stephen a professor at the delft university of technology is the mastermind behind the project. and the basic idea. we wanted to make this coastal stretch over here we want wanted to make it safe for the next fifty years in the light of climate change so instead of maki...

To put a large amount of sediment that would last for twenty years that would distribute itself. through natural forces along the coast so we don't have to disturb the ecosystem all the time. it took eight months to build a sand engine. dredges brought up material from the seabed ten kilometers offshore and spat it out here to create a huge depth of sediment as a peninsula in front of the original slender beach. twenty one and a half million cubic meters of sand what dumped here five times as much as would be usual in a standard shorter term sand replenishment operation. the plan is for the wi...

Ecosystem all the time. it took eight months to build the sand engine. dredges brought up material from the seabed ten kilometers offshore and spat it out here to create a huge depth of sediment as a peninsula in front of the original slender beach. twenty one and a half million cubic meters of sand were dumped here five times as much as would be usual in a standard shorter term sand replenishment operation. the plan is for the wind waves and currents to disperse the sand from here up and down the coast replenishing beaches that face constant erosion and building up coastal dns this is a pilot...