06-20-2025, 02:41 AM
the seawalls protecting these properties have diminished the shorelines.
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By midcentury, experts predict, the state will be down to just a handful of healthy beaches as climate change causes sea levels to rise at unprecedented rates.
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6,500 shoreline structures, including hotels, businesses and homes, are projected to be lost or damaged with 3.2 feet of sea level rise, which could occur by 2060,
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It’s also plausible, they say, that the sea could rise 6.5 feet by 2100.
So what is the answer? Are seawalls destroying our beaches? Sea level rise covering our beaches? Do we focus on the short term rights of kids to have access to beaches, property owners to have short term protection of their property? Will Hawaii look any different in 2050 or 2100 if one property owner has a sea wall?
How do the generally low carbon lifestyle choices necessitated by living in Puna affect our future? More or less than one seawall?
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By midcentury, experts predict, the state will be down to just a handful of healthy beaches as climate change causes sea levels to rise at unprecedented rates.
…
6,500 shoreline structures, including hotels, businesses and homes, are projected to be lost or damaged with 3.2 feet of sea level rise, which could occur by 2060,
…
It’s also plausible, they say, that the sea could rise 6.5 feet by 2100.
So what is the answer? Are seawalls destroying our beaches? Sea level rise covering our beaches? Do we focus on the short term rights of kids to have access to beaches, property owners to have short term protection of their property? Will Hawaii look any different in 2050 or 2100 if one property owner has a sea wall?
How do the generally low carbon lifestyle choices necessitated by living in Puna affect our future? More or less than one seawall?