Disappearing beaches - The trouble with sand | DW Documentary

[@_MS__]

DW always has some of the best documentaries. Sand mining is another one of these ecological nightmares that we will have to face. World has finite resources and we have to find alternatives. Too much of a thing is not good but humans are not understanding that.

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[@delroycampbel4301]

Human is the problem . Nature is doing what it has always been doing.

[@smithrookie1858]

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[@stephencurah1059]

Exactly, the person narrating says the island would be in trouble because of the loss of sand. It's not the island but the people and money to be made. It would be nice if that was said because most beaches are created or extended with additional sand

[@dMi_mi]

@@smithrookie1858 aren't they there to help? 😶

[@tropes_]

Elite humans are the problem but they want to blame you instead.

[@samuelanketell8190]

@@smithrookie1858 I don't spread fake news thanks and neither should you

[@eckosters]

I'm a retired sedimentologist and I used to work on these questions. This is a well balanced documentary but I miss two things: 1. A map of the German coastline maybe even a map of the entire Waddensea from Texel to Skallingen, and a short explanation of the currents and tidal regime along this part of the North Sea. 2. the suggestion of building sea walls is often made. These constructions do more damage than good, as has been proven in many other places because they reflect the energy of waves and currents (it can't dissipate) and this retains energy and thus keeps more sediment in suspension and erodes beaches even more. It's not just a question of sea walls being esthetically undesirable

[@NM-rz6tq]

"We will have to soon embrace alternatives" - the only alternative is to consume, produce and build less. Every alternative just shifts the problem somewhere else. Our greed and selfishness will be not only the end of us but all life...

[@truthbetold3550]

Until God intervenes...

[@ooee8088]

Nature finds a way

[@artadams424]

When all else fails, remember… Mother Nature ALWAYS WINS !!! You aren’t going to ‘save’ or ‘restore’ ANYTHING !!! Pbffft !!!

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

Exactly. Absolute insanity this is.

[@chlorone]

We germans have to learn to let loose and forget those "holiday paradises" on the northern coasts. they were never ment to last forever and its a natural process of sandy islands to been washed away. other islands grow like la palma shows us very impressive lately

[@occupymarz]

Ja. Das is wahr✅

[@iand.kinchy7391]

Rt On ! Snowball Earth, Ice Age Cycles , ... My German side of me from Bonn , says release the ELECTRO MAGNETIC GRAVITIC Tech from 80yrs ago we took and Perfected , Then the Elite can keep their Private Jets and 30,000 sq ft homes and we don't have to Eat Bill's Bugs 😜

[@dpt6849]

@@mironRu79 they did. They go now to the netherlands for beaches😂

[@richardtilbury7114]

Just make sure every Arab you keep importing brings a few cubic meters of sand lol

[@smode983]

@@mironRu79 Wtf does that have to do with this story or their comment?

[@parwindersingh6914]

Your Documentary’s are Amazing

[@Roger-go6jc]

Thanks DW very informative. I’m from Australia and it really upset me to find out that our sand has been building Dubai. I hate that place. It’s a place built on human slavery. I need to know who in our country profited from this.

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[@rankang2194]

Everything “Man” touches it destroys…

[@davidanalyst671]

okay, but man is spending billions to put the beach back when the ocean destroys it.

[@anubaral]

@@davidanalyst671 why not leave the nature in this case?

[@T.v.d.V]

Man hates his own feeble creation, so everything must be destroyed.

[@laylafox4426]

@@davidanalyst671 did you watch the video or just trolling? Dredging that sand up for tourism destroys the underwater ecosystem

[@davidanalyst671]

@@anubaral they said it in the video. everyone leaves and the houses all end up empty

[@JonnoPlays]

I was at Dillon Beach in California this weekend and the pristine beach has been wrecked by storms. There is a 3 foot high wall now where the tide simply took out all the sand. It's all gone now. Half the beach is 3 feet lower now. This beach is historic and it will take months to restore it if the locals decide to. It's really incredible to me that I experienced this issue recently and then got this video notification. It stands to reason I guess...

[@anubaral]

or maybe stupid humans could let them go out naturally and do not try to change them anymoore? one beach is closed the other is opened

[@JonnoPlays]

@@anubaral the sand was swept to the bottom of the ocean by a storm. Think harder, if the solution was that simple this documentary wouldn't be necessary.

[@thomaslycke6990]

@@JonnoPlays And it isn´t.

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

@@JonnoPlays your experience of the beach is very normal. The earth constantly changes. It's called nature. This documentary is necessary, but not for the reason you think. It's necessary to sell a lie, and you've bought it, it seems.

[@rge24491]

@@JonnoPlays Was it? Where did it go and where did it come from? Funny enough I watched a doco on sand last week, how its dissapearing due to construction. How countries are sucking all the sand out of the nearby sea and stock piling it because construction sand is becoming scarce. The reasons, sand is made in rivers, which are all dammed for green power and sucked dry for irrigation. Now this doco claims its due to climate change, yet talks about the dredging and movement of sand by humans. Go to the beach, move sand, watch the ocean remove your work and the sand is still there, yet if you removed the sand manually and put it on land, it cant replenish itself. When we build roads, houses, etc humans consume large amounts of sand. Desert sand cant be used for construction. Sometimes docos have hidden agendas.

[@drew-andresvogt652]

Letting Nature manage many beaches seems much wiser than us destroying nearby habitats, merely to make us happy for relaxing walks and sunbathing.

[@dMi_mi]

facts.

[@ahmedgezo4054]

You are right sir

[@barbaraseymour3437]

The rich happier…..

[@drew-andresvogt652]

@@elinope4745 if they can’t save them, off well. It’s like building in other locations below sea level. IF you can make it work fine…but if you can and you expect the government to save you from nature that’s crazy.

[@fortisfortunaadiuvat9262]

Unfortunately some of the facts in this video are incorrect. I am a marine biologist with the university of Miami Marine research institute The sand erosion is a normal process that’s been happening for millions of years. Sand erosion occurs continually from wave erosion. It’s a non stop effect and costal cities have been pumping sand to replace errored beach sand since the thirties and forties What we are doing is trying to alter the natural course of costal erosion, not climate change

[@Krishnanand2008]

Thank you DW Team. Very informative. Very surprised to know few things from documentary such as Dubai imported sand from Australia, beaches are pumped with sands artificially in Germany, beaches void of sands in Africa and so many other things about sand.

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[@smithrookie1858]

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[@janetturner6771]

Wow I learned so very much from this video. Really had not really ever thought that we could run out of sand. Never new it was used in so many things. Thank you for this program !!

[@taylorbug9]

We just keep finding new ways to destroy the Earth. How can anyone deny we are at fault?

[@Kiyoone]

"In nature, nothing is created and nothing is destroyed, but everything is transformed" - Antoine Laurent Delavosier

[@Soren_Kierkegaard]

Maybe we should K*** all the humans 😂 That would actually be great for the other animals. Although maybe our ape friends would eventually become us.

[@mikegarrison7957]

Because it's been happening since before us

[@oliviamonteque6407]

"We", I have nothing to do with this greed and want all of Europeans.

[@Halifaxhippy]

leave the sand alone, you can't fight or manipulate nature like that and expect to win.

[@eduardochavacano]

its just a man made beach? well let it go. This is not smart.

[@abelflores1593]

You'll never win against Mother Nature

[@mj3026]

Thank you DW

[@natureview337]

Thanks DW, though sad to see what’s happening to our world that was designed beautifully and created to last forever.

[@truthbetold3550]

And, it will last forever! We have God's promise on that!

[@bitTorrenter]

Designed?

[@truthbetold3550]

@@bitTorrenter Of course DESIGNED! Do you doubt that?

[@mzmr258]

Nothing lasts forever.

[@robinnilsson9487]

I'm from Florida, and this is done on our beaches too! Coral that used to exist by the shore has been covered up by sand and killed.

[@sherirobinson6867]

I live in Galveston Texas. I watched them dredge our ship channel to replenish the beaches. Multi-million dollar refurbishing. But, all I could think of was the horrible smell of sewage coming from the air around it. Not to mention, all the petroleum products, heavy metals, and chemicals that laden the ship channel sand. I would guess it was 85% silt and 15% sand. Under no circumstances would I ever let any of my family members or friends play or have festivities on that Beach. It is more like a toxic waste zone then a holiday getaway. Just saying

[@GlenBixley]

A Sand sock will make it worse, it will increase the speed of the water passing over (like a wing) and cause even more erosion of the sand around it, ( maybe the study will consider fluid dynamics as a factor ).

[@maxmotta1200]

Most of the sand comes. Comes from ancient mining from thousands of yrs ago

[@ironnorse]

The alternative, dredging beaches is a sad alternative. Grew up along Miami Beach., always enjoyed its beautiful golden sandy beaches and crystal clear water on many mornings. Back in the 80's the state decided to dredge or expand the beach by sucking sand from 1/2 mile off shore and pour the sand in the beach. The end result is a gray silt beach that gets churned by the waves into a muddy beach line. It destroyed the beach. The solution is to built further inland or natural rock berms as breakers. We moved after almost 20 years of ocean side living. In reality, little can be done to escape the damage to property when you live on a beach, it the price paid.

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[@MrTaxiRob]

Were they still disposing of the canal sand out at sea? Seemed like a dumb idea to dump it and then get other sand from farther away...

[@johnpatrick1588]

Shifting sands of time. Sands have shifted from the beginning of time. I see beaches that shrink and I see beaches that grow. I watch jetties installed at an inlet only to enlarge the beach on the north side and shrink the beach on the south side because of the current. Ever since then the govt has spent millions to continually keep dredging to fill in the shrinking beach.

[@Sinaeb]

this is not what's actually happening globally.

[@Kiyoone]

"In nature, nothing is created and nothing is destroyed, but everything is transformed" - Antoine Laurent Delavosier

[@ooee8088]

Father time?

[@rashminable]

So it's called "coastal protection" but it destroys the seabed and ecosystems? So it's "holiday chair" protection then? "Coastal protection" and "beach nourishment".. wow that goes beyond euphemism all the way to delusional.

[@treehugger8846]

I've been going to the same beach in Deerfield Florida for 50 years. It looks the same.

[@cosmiccometchichi]

I live in Florida not far from you and I remember a beach by me completely changed after a hurricane maybe 15 years ago

[@whatchamacallit70]

That’s because those rocks that where put there by man in 1958 help prevent the beaches from eroding as much. Also, Deerfield beach has had major sand restorations in the past.

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

You guys are losing your beaches, but those in the South Pacific are losing their islands, which is where their nations, history, and homes are.

[@joeb134]

There are very few natural beaches in the U.S. The only places that I know of is in the keys.

[@edwardcarrington3531]

Huh? The entire east coast of the US is essentially beaches and all of them are natural.

[@mariacrosby2233]

Wow! Who would have thought and sad that our beaches for some are not longer there. We continue to deplete the natural resources from other parts of the world. Dubai has gotten reacher as many of expensive neighborhoods near a beach because of it and instead of helping the most needy of it who are risking their lives for its survival. The world is full of greed and putting the blame on climate change, when we are the ones who have created this mess.

[@MyInfotainmentFix]

There's no hope is there? Human greed will be the end of us all.

[@WorkerFtherich]

Your correct. The rich pedophilia demonic threshold will run strong until this system ends

[@simpaticaism]

Hemp , to build houses , it’s 100% echo friendly , better insulation , buildings breath less condensation , stable from the cut hemp is a nutrient for the soil when ploughed back into the soil . Industrial hemp grows quickly . It’s uses are historic , but ignorance rules today !

[@feisaldianga511]

Sand plays a critical part in our society and we should protect our environmental resources and find sustainable ways to live with nature, if we keep destroying what world would we live for future generations in these times of climate change

[@thomasweatherford5125]

Incredibly informative. Thank you! I love your docs - so well thought out

[@CitizenZero1]

What is happening on this small island is the exact same thing happening on the Florida gulf coast. The area is totally dependent on tourism and lots of money is spent on beach restoration.

[@compassroses]

Disappearing sand? ""China pours 60 percent of the world's cement; the country's production in 2011-2013 surpassed U.S. production for the entire 20th century.""

[@TinaMcCall.]

We just keep peddling faster, hoping that our civilization's flying machine is in flight, not freefall. But the ground is rushing toward us, and the craft was never sound. - Paraphrase of Daniel Quinn's Ishmael

[@CHMichael]

One of the beach front homes is more then 14 mil. The property taxes pay to preserve there island

[@matthewmann8969]

So the rough, tough, hard, durable, robust, and hardened surfaces are going to become out of business if this is accurate yeah

[@jasonteddy5302]

Offset height and length of station reefs that encourage the wave break and sand and silt dropping out along the length of the beach's shore line's length. That way there is less frontal impact and overlapping and skimming off the top and into the depths action. With a space between the reef wave breaks you would have clean and known waves surfing spots, and a set of two lines at different depths and distances from the shore , one tidal under current would impact the other line and encouraged laterally down the the beach line again. Waves that break over that outer line would be diffused into laterally moving water and be more so diffused of energy .. If I had a piece of paper I would draw it for you . There are ways of setting tubes and tidal flow turbines that would also be useful for energy capture comming and going, and also blow back classifying manifold tibes that would blow sand and water back toward the shore line .. lots of designes, sort of similar but opposite a tsunami diffusing system , but yes, it can be done.

[@bobroberts2217]

Your talking about intermittent breakwaters. Those already exist. Look at Holly Beach, Louisiana. There are 3 miles of breakwaters and the problem is that it doesn’t help because sand moves on and off shore as well as along the shore. When you start interrupting that flow, you create worse conditions downdrift. They still have to pump millions of cubic yards of sand there and they have been deemed more or less a failure. Structures don’t create sand.

[@Mexican00b]

it's greed people they want money from tourism there is no such thing as a "good" company trying to save their beaches... beaches move, hurricanes, storms, inundations, global warming, etc... but people arent used to it, they like "stability" and if you invested million on hotels, places, etc... no way in hell you want to "move it all away" when it will costs nowadays 50 times what someone invested 40 years ago... greed, greed, greed... the human plague that will end us all

[@firmangobi6477]

That sand from Cambodia is sent to Singapore.

[@koyotecow7102]

Lived in Florida my entire 38 year life and the beaches are exactly the same as they were when I used to go surfing as a child. Still surf quite often and exact same beach. Florida is at sea level. One of the lowest level states in the US and the world.

[@dMi_mi]

Thank You for this great documentary. 💖🌊

[@ken15cia]

So truee... never stood still with that fact.. interfering with nature is not smart!!

[@gisellespringer]

Humans ruining the world 🌎 😪

[@davidanalyst671]

no they aren't. al gore said we were going to destroy the planet in 10 years... 16 years ago. Stop being traumatized by the propaganda

[@gollywog6695]

@@davidanalyst671 I agree

[@garycalzavara]

I wonder: could a special kind of plant that could save the coast line?

[@Halifaxhippy]

It's called weed, it'll make everyone not care. The beach is more of a state of mind than it is a place when you think about it

[@MrProject350]

The sea is not an enemy. Human desire is the enemy. Create zones along the sea where it is not allowed to build. Limit the insurance over time on installations that are too close to the water. These zones must be dynamic, to make it clear that one is not protected from erosion. First you will lose insurance, then the construction

[@expatbiker6598]

Sea is not timeless. I remember I used to live near a beach when I was young. Left the continent and stayed away for 20 years. Went back last year. I cried when I saw what it now looks. Very sad.

[@ECsponger2]

Authorities are currently pumping sand onto the beach where I live in Ocean City, MD, USA. I call it "umbrella real-estate". It doesn't need done every time they do it (every 4-5 years) and this time it's a year where it doesn't need done. I believe $190 million USD being spent on the project. But the people here hate the idea of offshore wind and have been fighting against major projects for years because they say it's going to ruin the sunrise.... SMH

[@dharmabeachbum]

Human population growth has adversely impacted nearly all aspects of our planet. We need human reduction by 4 to 5 billion to sustain quality human life and other life. We don’t do enough to reduce the population. It’s costing us now and will worsen as the years go by.

[@cosmiccometchichi]

they are working on it 😂

[@yashsvidixit7169]

creating 10 new problems for one existing problem

[@arislopes1924]

This guy born in the US clearly never saw any Florida beaches or any of the Great Lakes sand dunes for that matter

[@WorkerFtherich]

Humans: we do not do anything positive until its too late.

[@muhammadsusetio702]

Can this problem be solved by planting mangrove trees? (case in Indonesia, Southeast Asia)

[@taylorbug9]

All of humanity's problems come back to money. Not enough money for this not enough money for that. The resources exist. Our brilliant minds exist. And yet money, a thing we created and gave value to, it's always at the end of every problem.

[@toekkababy5329]

We are too many using too much resources too fast on a finite world. Question is are we smart enough as a species to reduce our numbers willingly

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

Wrong. Money merely represents, in paper form, the amount of resources that are available to a nation.

[@Guizambaldi]

This makes no sense. Read the comment above for the right insight.

[@yourmommashouse]

@@Twobirdsbreakingfree do you know how many countries that’s extremely “resource” rich but have nothing to show for it, least of all is money. For instance the oil rich nation in Africa or the diamond rich nations in Africa. How about Latin American countries that rich in lithium, or rare earth metals?

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

@@yourmommashouse because they don't have the means to harness those resources

[@littlecloud2197]

I have an idea why not get the sand from the deserts

[@田中知一-k5l]

Thanks for your work as always sir, i really apseciate it.

[@1timbarrett]

When new trees are planted to replace old ones, how many different varieties of trees are used? Will the new saplings grow into the diversified forests they replaced? 🤔

[@howardlloyd9183]

They need to plant sea oats like they do on my beach.

[@KusumaWijaya]

New and informative for me

[@MerkleAkrunphleuphle]

and yet we try to make man made islands.... some people try to argue humans aren't the worst living beings their are. And arguments are how dangerous dolphins are... WTF IS WRONG WITH HUMANITY. beside everything...

[@shaunmckenzie5509]

Absolute insanity

[@pier6618]

Miami, South Miami beach same thing too...sand imported from central America countries

[@Trevor7727]

The Disappearing intelligence of Man!… you build on Sand?… who is the fool?

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Another Wonderful Video Shared by Excellent Documentary (DW)....Channel.. Video about Losing &disappearing of Shores which is occurring due to Climate changes ...If there are some ones In Germany Feeling of Their responsibilities to Protecting their attractive sea shores ...This Bad Phenomenon occurring in other countries with out their authorities attention with out counter acting especially in 3rd world countries

[@lemurgulliver8249]

San Francisco has the Bay Model in Marin that emulates the San Francisco Bay system and tides.

[@violantederojas6188]

In the Hamptons on Long Island have been restoring the beaches there for years. Wealthy NYC 'summer tourists' don't pay a cent for the beaches....they are Summer People...they don't pay any taxes at all - it's not like they are *residents* - only the servers, cooks, workers in the hotels do...because they are the ones who live *year round* and are therefore Residents...and so are taxed. This has been going on for years...

[@TroubleMedia1]

probs from dubai taking billions of tons of sand

[@Kiyoone]

RIGHT? WHY THEY DONT PICK FROM DESERT DUNES

[@TroubleMedia1]

@@Kiyoone apparently not as good to build on

[@davidanalyst671]

If you put the government in charge of the sahara desert, in 5 years there will be a shortage of sand

[@wizardofoz1390]

Human greed The selfish to feed Our children plead Their future they need

[@marcrigor6423]

What a scam - some of the worst water clarity on earth and still paying those housing prices?!

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

At 8 billion people, we are just too many. Poor earth can not sustain us any longer. We have to be reduced. I volunteer. Want to go home to my eternal destiny.

[@nanucit]

I would like to know who is the narrator, sounds oddly similar to English NHK narrator 🧐

[@omahawarrior4837]

The sand was deposited onto beaches many years before humans came by. What has changed so that we have to replenish it?

[@ashnijames2220]

Cheaper to put in rock walls that stabilise the shorelines

[@smode983]

Spoiled rich people saying "To hell with the environment and nature, we deserve a beautiful beach!" Ugh No wonder the earth is trying to eradicate us.

[@yashsvidixit7169]

is water wet ?

[@trav1653]

This is the worst beach ive ever seen, this wouldnt even come close to the worst beach in Australia

[@davidanalyst671]

yeah, I sitting here wondering the same thing. If its so ugly, why are they trying to keep it so bad lolz

[@gracenjuguna7292]

Where does the sand on thd beach go? You say there is no sand in the places where sand was drenched only silt. So where did the sand on the beach go if not back in the holes? Id have thought the sand will go back to the ocean floor where it was pumped from

[@bernardwatkins1759]

It's collected behind the dams worldwide.

[@jimenezarturo]

Meat production is estimated to double by 2050. 80 billion animals are currently slaughtered every year. This number does not include sealife. How will we feed 160 billion animals per year? - By clearing forests. But we've already cleared 50% of the world's forests. And trees are natural carbon capturing devices. Climate change is imminent if we don not adopt a plant-based lifestyle. Every day is Earth Day.

[@ancienttravelers]

Saddly most people won't change ever their ways. It's more important for them to selfishly satisfy their own stomachs.

[@joeb134]

It takes alot of land and fertilizer to grow the produce we have now. Switching to a plant based lifestyle will do little for the environment

[@watashinoetube]

Same things happening in Sydney

[@typhoon20724]

So...why don't we take sand from the deserts and put it in the Ocean?

[@alexcarter8807]

Haha read it too fast and got "Sandy Beach under threat" and I thought, That's impossible. In Hawaii where I grew up, there's a beach called Sandy Beach, and it's the beach that threatens YOU.

[@thefarmer4586]

And where does the sand eaten by the sea go??!

[@thefarmer4586]

@You are correct But then why getting the sand out again makes environmentalists cry? I'm sure they don't cry about the spent money.

[@thefarmer4586]

@You are correct But Isn't that the case allover the world coasts?

[@thefarmer4586]

@You are correct But no dear, I meant waves by nature eats the cost line beaches everywhere and nature compensates for that on its own.

[@thefarmer4586]

@You are correct But You are just like everybody who gets hugs piles of hay and says that they love making love to nature. You are against every human activity whatsoever. no sandy beaches no fossil fuel no driving your own car no individualism no patriarchy etc. whatever dude, have fun doing what you are doing. no more talking.

[@thefarmer4586]

@You are correct But weird definition of ballistic dude. :D

[@Natty-01]

Shall I say I am an early bird today? Of course!!!

[@pavanrajrp]

It's 10.30 night in India..

[@larsstougaard7097]

Yes like bird 🐦 at the beach ⛱

[@bravepacifican691]

its Wednesday 3:30 am here in The Pacific Islands of Micronesia.

[@Natty-01]

@@pavanrajrp it's 8:39 pm in Kenya

[@davidjohnzenocollins]

1:28 pm in the eastern time zone USA.

[@white_shadow_123]

21:30 why not just extract sand from dams, if it gets deposited there?

[@shinoa616]

rising sea level will eat everything, these quick fix wont do anything in a long run, indeed waste of tax

[@grip2617]

Beaches are a luxury without guarantee. Erosion is normal and trying to stop it is carrying water to the ocean. People should be more modest and respectful to climate change.

[@DrMuFFinMan]

If you offered humanity a million euros to destroy itself it would, we might be the only creatures to dig our own grave.

[@yebolact2918]

Help me with this,

[@rashidjalaljalaluddin]

I love dw 😘❤😉😊😊👍

[@Elfin990]

DW’s documentaries are informative but always depressing. I don’t think I’ve watched one and finished it feeling hopeful or believing that something good is happening in the world. Also this ‘offsetting’ stuff many large companies are doing is nonsense. You cannot replace hundreds of years of nature by planting new trees.

[@ancalyme]

What about importing sand from the sahara? Desert sand is bad for industrial purposes but should be just fine for people to sit on. And would give some very poor countries a good export product.

[@laylafox4426]

As stated in this video you supposedly watched, desert sand is too fine to construct beaches or islands

[@ancalyme]

@@laylafox4426 The beach is already there, unlike in the artificial islands, you just have to make a field where people can put their sunbathing towels on

[@laylafox4426]

@@ancalyme that doesn't change the fact that fine sand erodes quickly and is not good for adding to a beach. But even if it works, it is a lot of terraforming just to placate wealthy people who want their own private beaches. In this climate crisis reality, that doesn't make sense.

[@ancalyme]

@@laylafox4426 ...it's not just wealthy people who like beaches.

[@laylafox4426]

@@ancalyme but that is the scope of this conversation. We are talking about moving sand around for tourism and wealthy home owners, not creating public beaches for everyone. Only wealthy home owners and fancy tourist areas are paying to move this sand around, creating ecological problems that affect the world negatively. Don't try to excuse this greedy type of exploitation with such a stupid blanket statement. "Everyone likes diamonds, so we have to send children into dangerous mines". That's you. That's what you sound like

[@Trolltastically]

Why don’t they put in break walls?

[@midbc1midbc199]

Sand always flows to the bottom of the sea......just the earth's crust leveling out

[@tadblackington1676]

Barrier islands/beaches are ephemeral features. Even when sea levels were stable these features would move and morph. Now climate change, sea level rise and sediments trapped behind human-made dams have shifted these processes into high gear. If I was a radical I would say the real pronlem is that we have tried to lay claim to these temporary features and turned them into real estate in worshipful obediance to the demands of money.

[@juancervantes313]

Jetty a jetty build a jetty. Put wind mills on it and you could power everything.

[@irayan-hun]

Everything is going away even humans will be gone. We can only slow things down.

[@jazzypoo7960]

*Tourism* is not a green industry.

[@fanaticforager6610]

🎼‘Nothing’s as Precious, as a hole 🎶🕳 in the gr-ou-nd’ , 🎵Poignant Lyrics of Midnight 🕛 OiL 🦘

[@flesz_]

Just leave it to the nature, you wont win

[@lcrain7840]

move away from the coast while you can

[@biibikiki1304]

Doesn't meaning your damage is less than other countries its ok .. how can so-called experts speaks so irresponsibly.