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Last year's El Niño waves battered California shore to unprecedented degree
Description: A new scientific study found that during the 2015-2016 El Niño, winter beach erosion on the Pacific coast was 76 percent above normal. Most beaches in California were eroded beyond historical extremes, the study found. If severe El Niño events become more common in the future, as some studies suggest, the California coast may become increasingly vulnerable to coastal hazards, independently of projected sea level rise. [Source: National Science Foundation]
URL: https://nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=190910&org=NSF&from=news
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Source: National Science Foundation
Publish Date: 2/14/2017
Reading Level: Basic
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