Add climate change to natural erosion and the shape of our countries will change dramatically 😱
When people speak of climate change, I often think of Dunwich, a town on the Suffolk coast that has almost entirely vanished into the sea.
Dunwich is a pleasant city that consists of just about one street and a museum, a shingle beach, and a nearby forest. As George Etteridge reminds us, though, this was not always the case. Indeed, in the Medieval period, it was a bustling port, sitting in a natural harbor with trade ships going to and fro from ports on the continent. Its population of around 5,000 people enjoyed multiple churches, a market, a guildhall, and even a mint.
At the time of the Norman conquest, it was among the largest settlements in all of England. Some even claim that it is the former capital of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia in addition to the seat of the first Bishop of East Anglia.
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Thanks for sharing, Chris! At least we know the process may take thousands of years…
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Unless climate change accelerates the process, Nicholas 😱
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All citizens of the UK have to move to the Highlands. 😉
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😂🤣😂
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Nearly half the citizens of England would like to move to the Highlands… and help Scotland get back to the EU!
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Yeah! Great idea, Jemima! 😉
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There have been ruins of cities found on coastlines and it looks like there was more land and less sea at one time.
Yes, there is climate change — always has been and always will be.
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The main reason behind Dunwich’s demise is a combination of coastal erosion and isostatic bounce, which is the shift in the underlying geology of the UK. It’s still tilting upwards on the NW and down on the SE since the ice disappeared after the last ice age.
Rising sea levels from the current rapid climate change are a different issue, but threatening all coastal areas globally.
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Living on Earth is like being a can used for target practice by a cross-eyed person. Sooner or later the bullet (meteor) will strike the can.
One mile-wide meteor can devastate Earth far better than anything we can do to it.
And then there are solar flares.
After that, we have tornadoes, hurricane/cyclones, and a constantly shifting Earth.
“Safe” is an illusion in a world that’s designed to eventually kill us. 😊
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There are areas in the Canadian Atlantic provinces that are fighting erosion due to rising water. You can also look at many of the Pacific atolls that are mere inches above sea level.
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