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the Rising Sea
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The Morris Island Lighthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, was built in 1876
approximately 1,600 feet (500 m) behind the beach. Today, the lighthouse stands about
the same distance out to sea. The shoreline here has retreated about 3,200 feet (1000 m)
since the lighthouse was constructed, mainly because of the sand-trapping effect of
jetties at the harbor’s entrance. Much erosion on sandy shorelines today is due to
engineering structures and navigation channel maintenance, but in future decades,
sea level rise will e the dominant cause of shoreline retreat.
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The
RISING
SEA
Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
/ Shearwater Books
Washington | Covelo | London
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A Shearwater Book
Published by Island Press
Copyright © 2009 Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by
any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press,
1718 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009.
Shearwater Books is a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934–
The rising sea / Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young.
p. cm.
“A Shearwater Book.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn-13: 978-1-59726-191-3 (cloth : alk. paper)
isbn-10: 1-59726-191-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Sea level. 2. Coast changes. I. Young, Rob. II. Title.
2009 '93—dc22
2009006152
Printed on recycled, acid-free paper
Design by David Bullen
Manufactured in the United States of America
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Keywords: Sea level rise, West A