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Super storms &squo;will wash away coast&squo; | Herald Sun

Super storms ‘will wash away coast’

Herald Sun By Crystal Ja

November 10, 2008 07:06pm

AUSTRALIA’S east coast faces unprecedented erosion within the next decade, heading into a storm period made worse by climate change, research predicts.

The seven-year study suggests sandy coasts, such as those in southeast Queensland, northern New South Wales and parts of Sydney are most at risk of major erosion as storms and high tides hit.

The research, conducted by the Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, examined some of the worst storms to hit the east coast since European settlement……………………….researcher Peter Helman said.

“It’s going to cut the coast further inland and it will be more severe than past stormy periods because of the underlying climate change and subsequent sea rises.”

Super storms &squo;will wash away coast&squo; | Herald Sun

November 11, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized