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This book draws together a series of studies of spit geomorphology
and temporal evolution from around the world. The volume offers
some unique insights into how these landforms are examined
scientifically and how we as humans impact them, offering a global
perspective on spit genesis and evolution. Spits are unique natural
environments whose evolution is linked to the adjacent coast and
near shore morphology, sediment supply, coastal dynamics and
sea-level change. Over the past century, Global Mean Sea Level
(GMSL) has risen by 10 to 20 centimetres and many coastal spits
represent the first sentinel against coastal submersion. Scientific
research indicates that sea levels worldwide have been rising at a
rate of 3.5 millimetres per year since the early 1990s, roughly
twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years. This trend,
linked to global warming will undoubtedly cause major changes in
spit morphology. Spits are highly mobile coastal landforms that
respond rapidly to environmental change. They therefore represent a
signature of past environmental change and provide a landform
indicator of climate change.
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Future Transportation (Hardcover)
Giovanni Randazzo, Anselme Muzirafuti, Dimitrios S Paraforos
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