Beaches Along the California Coast May Soon Disappear

The title of this article is “Rising Seas Expected to Wash Out Key California Beaches” written by Emmet Berg. It was found on Yahoo! News. The article states that by the end of the century many of California’s most famous beaches will be washed away. These include Venice Beach, Malibu, Carpinteria, and other beaches along the San Diego coast. Researchers in the economic department of San Francisco State University have been conducting studies to understand how costly the damage could be and what can be done to be prevented. So far they have realized that Venice Beach would have the most expenses, resulting in about $96 million in losses over the next 90 years. They believe that building or improving sea walls and levees may prevent some of the damage, but doing so can cost up to $14 billion dollars.

Not only will the beaches be affected, but also many areas surrounding them. For example, real estate, property and roads will also be washed away, or damaged, drastically increasing the cost for repair. Economists from the San Francisco State University have been researching about this for approximately two years, and have discovered that increase in global climate has a huge effect on rising sea levels around the California coast. It is important for people to know about this, because economists have realized that an estimated number of about 500,000 people and $100 billion worth of property along the California coast may deal with the aftereffects of flooding that could occur because of the rising sea levels. Many of these people may want to move, or reconsider living in these areas because of the inevitable dangers.