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...times the sea was steely purple, stained; at others, under a close warm rain sky, the no-color of dirty wash; choppy rows hurried in from the horizon to be delivered and disposed of in the lick and slide at the shore. Piet stopped to pick up angel wings, razor clam shells, sand dollars with their infallibly etched star and their considerate airhole for an inhabiting creature Piet could not picture...
Surely, but not necessarily slowly, U.S. shore lines are receding, and the oceans are advancing upon the land. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, at least 90% of the Atlantic Coast from New Hampshire to Florida is being eroded, and a dozen of the biggest public beaches are so badly depleted that they are in danger of being carried away. And the Gulf Coast and the Pacific are not much better...
...rude surprise. His Chilmark house, which used to be a safe 200 ft. from the cliffs overlooking the sea, is now only 80 ft. away, and the broad stone steps that were once in his backyard are now on the beach below. On the New Jersey shore, the sea has slowly devoured 50 square blocks of the town of Cape May Point, and St. Peter's by the Sea Episcopal Church, a frame structure which has already been moved three times, now has the sea only 50 ft. from its doorstep. Parts of North Carolina's storm-crossed...
...several states, civic organizations now make it a custom to collect discarded Christmas trees, haul them to the beaches, where they trap flowing sand and shore up the dunes, and Boy Scouts plant marsh grass to anchor the dunes. One hardy variety of sea grass that has been developed by North Carolina State University grows 4 ft. high in twelve months. Ocean City, N.J., is experimenting with nylon bags that can be filled on the spot with sand and used as temporary groins. On Wallops Island, Va., NASA has proposed planting plastic seaweed just beyond the surf line to reduce...
...combination of jetties and pumping devices to keep its tourist industry alive. California spends more than $1,000,000 a year to keep sand on its beaches; the city of Santa Barbara alone requires the full-time services of a harbor dredge, piping sand hydraulically to the shore...