Our California coastline is eroding at a pace that some experts fear could accelerate as sea levels rise in the face of climate change. One team may have found a solution through the power of electricity.
A team of researchers is hoping it can future-proof the California coastline against erosion by zapping the sand with electricity.A team of researchers is hoping it can future-proof the California coastline against erosion by zapping the sand with electricity.
"We're talking about anywhere between about a foot of sea level rise to somewhere closer to two, three feet or even more by the end of the 21st century. And, you know, just ballpark estimates, what that means in terms of mean shoreline change rates, you know, we're talking between somewhere in the ballpark of, you know, 40 to 50 feet for the low ends upwards of well over 100 to 150 feet for the higher ends," said Oregon State professor Peter Ruggiero, Ph.D.
To understand the process, he says we should look to clams and mussels -- creatures that use their metabolism to transform elements like the calcium found in sea water into hardened shells. He says those same chemical building blocks exists in abundance along the coast, waiting to be transformed.
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