Topic updates
Britain's disappearing coastline
10th August 2020
The FT's Big Read focuses on coastal erosion in the UK. Nearly 20,000 km of coastline is vulnerable.
And according to the article, "Britain has some of the fastest eroding cliffs in Europe, with land disappearing at a rate of 4 metres per year in some places, such as the Yorkshire coast."
More here from the TerraFirma blog
And we have linked below to a recent news video on the issue from the Times/Sunday Times
Britain’s disappearing coastline: ‘Right now we abandon people’ https://t.co/kUoxn3bh3O
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) August 9, 2020
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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