Week 13 Blog: Coastal Erosion in Chile
This week's blog is going to discuss the coast of Chile and the problems it faces.
Chile has a huge coastline, in fact, their coast that runs up Chile is over 4,300 km long (2671 mi). Chile is a very slender country and since a majority of its large cities are along the coastline, a huge chunk of the population is at risk of coastal dangers such as sea levels rising and coastal erosion. Because of global warming, rising sea levels have reduced the coast little by little every year, it also creates soil that isn't strong and is in danger of dropping off and being sunken. However, the most destructive force to the coast, besides earthquakes, are the millions of people who walk along the beach every year. According to Coastalerosion.com, they state "The coasts of central Chile are increasingly affected by human activity." There really isn't much the country can do to prevent this, the incredible beaches are a major draw to their country and a huge part of the lifestyle, the best thing they can do is reinforce the land on the beaches to prevent erosion.
My sources
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/natural-hazards/
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/stories/atlantic-epa.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964569117301564
This week's blog is going to discuss the coast of Chile and the problems it faces.
Chile has a huge coastline, in fact, their coast that runs up Chile is over 4,300 km long (2671 mi). Chile is a very slender country and since a majority of its large cities are along the coastline, a huge chunk of the population is at risk of coastal dangers such as sea levels rising and coastal erosion. Because of global warming, rising sea levels have reduced the coast little by little every year, it also creates soil that isn't strong and is in danger of dropping off and being sunken. However, the most destructive force to the coast, besides earthquakes, are the millions of people who walk along the beach every year. According to Coastalerosion.com, they state "The coasts of central Chile are increasingly affected by human activity." There really isn't much the country can do to prevent this, the incredible beaches are a major draw to their country and a huge part of the lifestyle, the best thing they can do is reinforce the land on the beaches to prevent erosion.
My sources
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/natural-hazards/
https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/stories/atlantic-epa.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964569117301564
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