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said by Boogeyman  :Soil erosion is caused by wind and water movement taking away small bits of soil with it. Soil erosion, like that caused by rivers and streams, is a far different animal from coastal erosion.
The noly way I know of for humans to contribute to soil erosion is to remove all plant life from the soil that helps hold the soil in place. And yes, we have done plenty of that. But its not big oil doing it, its big agriculture, big mining, and other industries that tear up large chunks of land. Though I believe the mining companies are now required to fix the mess they make. Look into the coastal swamps and marshes in areas of Texas and southern Louisiana. During the late sixties, seventies and throughout the eighties, oil exploration firms ripped the marshlands to shreds by dredging canals, which permitted salt water intrusion that killed the marshlands. The Corps of Engineers built levees along the Mississippi the Mississippi, which also contributes to coastal erosion in Southern Louisiana. The intracoastal waterway, in other areas, is also causing its own share of problems.
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| I just moved from Panama City, FL, and let me tell you, it takes less than 6 months for the underbrush and weeds to grow back high enough that you would know it was ever gone.
But yeah, they probably did do that a lot in the 80's, but that was 20 years ago. A lot of stuff has been growing since then. Or someone just built a walmart/condo/housing comunity there.
"Coastal Erosion" is caused by waves removing sand from beaches. PC spent over $3m to have sand dredged out of the Gulf and put back on the beach right before Ivan hit.
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| said by Boogeyman :I just moved from Panama City, FL, and let me tell you, it takes less than 6 months for the underbrush and weeds to grow back high enough that you would know it was ever g one. But yeah, they probably did do that a lot in the 80's, but that was 20 years ago. A lot of stuff has been growing since then. Wetlands and coastal swamps are different ecosystems from a beach, so what works on a beach doesn't work in wetlands or coastal swamps.
And no, it has not gotten better. Saltwater intrusion is a process that accelerates. And in 20 years, the problem has gotten worse in the wetlands, putting more and more homes and industry at risk.
"Coastal Erosion" is caused by waves removing sand from beaches. PC spent over $3m to have sand dredged out of the Gulf and put back on the beach right before Ivan hit.
Coastal refers to much more than waves removing just sand from a beach and is not always repaired with the simple task of pumping sand in.
Like I said, research the topic.
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