68 percent of New England and Mid-Atlantic beaches in U.S. eroding
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 16:30
in Earth & Climate
An assessment of coastal change over the past 150 years has found 68 percent of beaches in the New England and Mid-Atlantic region are eroding, according to a new report. Scientists studied 650 miles of the New England and Mid-Atlantic coasts and found the average rate of coastal change was negative 1.6 feet per year. Of those beaches eroding,the most extreme case exceeded 60 feet per year.