EPISODE · Oct 11, 2016 · 5 MIN
Florida’s Beaches Have a Problem, and Hurricane Matthew Ain’t Helping
from Science, Spoken · host SpokenLayer
Hurricane Matthew is already a tragedy. It killed hundreds battering through the Caribbean, and knocked out power, forced evacuations, and flooded beaches as it scoured the Florida coastline. But thinking long-term, the storm is a punctuation mark in the creeping erosion narrative playing out on many southeastern shorelines. Erosion is nothing new. Shorelines experience seasonal ebbing from winter, and typically regrow in the summer. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
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Hurricane Matthew is already a tragedy. It killed hundreds battering through the Caribbean, and knocked out power, forced evacuations, and flooded beaches as it scoured the Florida coastline. But thinking long-term, the storm is a punctuation mark in the creeping erosion narrative playing out on many southeastern shorelines. Erosion is nothing new. Shorelines experience seasonal ebbing from winter, and typically regrow in the summer.
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Florida’s Beaches Have a Problem, and Hurricane Matthew Ain’t Helping
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