ActCoastal News
November Hearing Report
The Coastal Commission’s November agenda took place virtually from Wednesday, November 4 to Friday, November 6. The Commission had a fairly dense agenda with several important coastal preservation items. The Commission approved two managed retreat projects in Goleta and Gleason Beach. The Commission also approved the California Coastal Commission Strategic Plan 2021-2025 as well as the Shared Principles For Adaptation Planning - a joint statement with the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities on guiding principles for sea level rise adaptation planning. The meeting resulted in one vote chart with the Ritz-Carlton illegal seawall resolution and managed retreat project. Check out the full meeting report on the ActCoastal home page.
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Beaches can survive sea-level rises as long as they have space to move
A recent article in Science Daily highlighted a new report where a team of experts refuted the notion that our beaches are doomed to sea level rise. The article states, "An international team of coastal scientists has dismissed suggestions that half the world's beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century. [...]
Critical to their disagreement with the original paper's conclusions is the fact that they say there is potential for beaches to migrate landwards as sea level rises and shorelines retreat.
The key notion behind that is that if beaches have space to move into under the influence of rising sea levels -- referred to as accommodation space -- they will retain their overall shape and form but in a more landward position." Click here for the full Science Daily article and the link to the report in Nature.
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