Development and shipping infrastructure disrupt natural sand flows at Georgia’s Tybee Island, requiring repeated beach replenishment. More than half the sand deposited in the winter of 2019 and 2020 has disappeared.
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Tybee Island’s repeated sand replenishment highlights erosion driven by disrupted coastal processes.
Development and shipping infrastructure disrupt natural sand flows at Georgia’s Tybee Island, requiring repeated beach replenishment. More than half the sand deposited in the winter of 2019 and 2020 has disappeared.
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