Slip-Sliding Away: Myrtle Beach Erosion Could Explain Sand Loss Along the U.S. East Coast

Myrtle Beach's popular oceanfront is retreating at a rate of up to 30 centimeters per year. But visitors who flock to that part of South Carolina's Atlantic coast continue to enjoy its wide, sandy stretches, because the state refills them every seven years or so with sediment dredged from the sea bottom. [More]

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