Nature sustainability - future coastal hardening

Nature sustainability - future coastal hardening

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FUTURE COASTAL HARDENING The world’s coasts are increasingly covered with built structures, such as piers and seawalls. Using New Zealand as a case study, Floerl and colleagues find that coastal infrastructure has replaced more than half of the coastline of 30 urban centres worldwide and forecast future hardening hotspots. See Floerlet al. Image: Alex Walker/Moment/Getty. Cover Design: Valentina Monaco.

FUTURE COASTAL HARDENING The world’s coasts are increasingly covered with built structures, such as piers and seawalls. Using New Zealand as a case study, Floerl and colleagues find that


coastal infrastructure has replaced more than half of the coastline of 30 urban centres worldwide and forecast future hardening hotspots. See Floerlet al. Image: Alex Walker/Moment/Getty.


Cover Design: Valentina Monaco.