CORVALLIS, Ore. – Amid growing concern about rising sea levels triggered by global warming, Oregon Sea Grant researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) are discovering that rip currents might play a role in coastal erosion because they create rip embayments, or low areas on sandy beaches, that expose nearby land to higher rates of erosion by wave activity.
Rip Currents Could Play Role in Increased Coastal Erosion
Posted by: Pat Kight | February 26, 2009 | No Comment |Leave a response
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