Climate change... and protecting Sidmouth against rising sea levels

During Sidmouth's Science Festival last month, a talk on climate catastrophe was one of the most interesting if not the most startling:
Futures Forum: Climate change "is encouraging the sleeping giant beneath our feet to stir once again" ... Prof Bill McGuire @ the Sidmouth Science Festival

Following on from these general observations, here is a piece printed in the latest Herald - with permission from the author:

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The steering group looking at managing the beach at Sidmouth is concerned with these longer-term impacts:
Futures Forum: Beach Management Plan for Sidmouth
Futures Forum: Sidmouth Beach Management Plan Steering Group - background

Here are some startling projections for Sidmouth:
Futures Forum: Pennington Point: a beach management plan
Future vision: Sidmouth coastal erosion insight - News - Sidmouth Herald
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