Final Week! (16 &17)
Costal erosion is very common in the UK. These coasts have be contributed by wide-tide conditions, sea-level rise and intensity of the wind. Being an island there is a dramatic increase in costal surface compared to other countries. With sea-level rise being an certain fate for our world it leaves England vulnerable and out of options. One example given by UK's National Oceanography Centre sited a coastal erosion at Happisburgh, Norfolk where more than 40 meters of land was lost between 1998 and 2007. The centre is dealing with this problems, "By observing sediment transport (concentration) throughout the water column using acoustic and optical instruments in different field and lab conditions, the NOC aim to develop further the capabilities of the coupled hydrodynamic-wave modeling system to incorporate both sediment transport and morphological evolution over coastal regions." This will hopefully help them understand and track sediment pathways and understand how certain coastline will be effected by future issues. I am addressing this as a priority because England is an island and the erosion is happening continuously with no prevail. The rate is extremely alarming and can have a huge effect on vital farmland. I would personally place my house in a non-costal major city. Now the majority of England's cities emerged as shipping ports so that really leaves inland cities such as Birmingham or London. With that being said, London has a certain non-geoleogical pulls I must pick it over the former!
http://noc.ac.uk/science-technology/marine-hazards/coastal-erosion
Personally after reading your blog it scared me a little. I would love to visit and possibly live in England one day, however, now that I know the erosion rate is so high I will reconsider relocating. On the bright side London would've been my choice for living as well.
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ReplyDeleteInteresting choice…I’d probably go with floods maybe….but indeed, coastal erosion is a big issue in particular for an island/s with a lot of people…no images in your final post?
-Thank you for sharing with us the UK!
-I hope you learned a lot
Both you and the professor have excellent thoughts, hers being that flooding would be a major hazard, as it rains a lot in the UK. You having coastal erosion. The ocean is a very power force in the world and, unlike may countries, England sits in, surrounded by it on all sides. The island, I imagine, is constantly changing. It will be interesting to see what happens as we age. What places will be totally different and what places are virtually unchanged. Luckily for the English, as the first commenter pointed out, their capital is far from the ocean, so there shouldn't be too much impact there in the near future.
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