Southern California beach erosion is worst in a decade
Publié
par
Clifford Armion
le 04/02/2010
Activer le mode zenTony Barboza
"Jeremy and Fernando Gutierrez descended a staircase to a cove in Laguna Beach for a nighttime lobster dive and almost fell into the ocean. "Even in the darkness, the brothers could see what the problem was -- the sand at Treasure Island Beach had all but disappeared, leaving a rugged landscape of rock and a sudden drop-off where the staircase once led gently to the strand. ""I couldn't believe it," said Fernando Gutierrez, 26, of Costa Mesa. "There was no beach and a 20-foot drop-off." "It's a similar scene at dozens of other Southern California beaches where powerful winter storms have swept away a spectacular amount of sand." Read on...Pour citer cette ressource :
" Southern California beach erosion is worst in a decade", La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), février 2010. Consulté le 25/04/2024. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/southern-california-beach-erosion-is-worst-in-a-decade