The Shifting Sands of Chatham

"Shifting Sands: Strong Forces Confront Our Coastlines"
Special Places, Spring 2008
By Peter H. Taylor

As far back as I can remember I have enjoyed watching huge, storm-driven waves bash the coastline. There’s something thrilling and beautiful about mountains of ocean water hitting sand and rock. Slower-paced forces of coastal change, such as tides, currents, and seasonal shifts in sea life, are just as exciting. The meeting of land and sea is defined by ceaseless change, and that’s what makes coastal ecology and oceanography so interesting to me. ... ©

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