Australian Dunes Retreating From Ocean at Alarming Rate

Australian Dunes Retreating From Ocean at Alarming Rate
A supplied image obtained on April 4, 2024, of Sand dunes advancing inland due to erosion on South Australia's Younghusband Peninsula in 2021. AAP Image/Supplied by Flinders University
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Sand dunes lining Australia’s longest beach are marching inland the width of a tennis court each year, due to rapid erosion triggered by the heightened lapping of the Southern Ocean.

Measurements painstakingly gathered by Flinders University scientists reveal a central section of shoreline along South Australia’s Younghusband Peninsula is disappearing at a rate of 3.3 metres annually.