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Islands on the move

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Sea level rise causes barrier islands to migrate landward. Coastal evolution modelling reveals a centennial-scale lag in island response time and suggests migration rates will increase by 50% within the next century, even if sea level were to stabilize.

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Fig. 1: A view southward along rapidly migrating Wreck Island in Virginia, USA.

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  1. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Laura J. Moore

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    A. Brad Murray

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Moore, L.J., Murray, A.B. Islands on the move. Nat. Geosci. 15, 602–603 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-022-01000-6

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