[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-7%||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Image courtesy: Research Gate<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_color=”#0d25db” header_line_height=”1.4em” header_font_size_tablet=”22px” header_font_size_phone=”16px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n There are any number of technologies that evolved and applied as the anti-sea erosion methods, both hard-armoring such as seawalls, groins, etc. and soft-armoring such as mangrove-afforestation, beach nourishment, etc. The anti-sea erosion methods are now all the more important in the context of global warming and the resultant rise of the sea level. This is the added factor on the already fragile coastal eco-system caused by heavy developmental constructions and unscientific methods. In some coasts, even the anti-sea erosion construction method such as sea \u2013 walls with the granites and the concrete slabs themselves cause sea-erosion!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ custom_margin=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In this scenario, beach nourishment is a soft armoring method that not only remain as a barrier to the sea-waves swallowing the coasts, but also create additional beach or in other words retake back the lost beaches.<\/p>\n Beach nourishment or beach filling is achieved by mining the sand from the sea bottom and use the same to fill the eroding beaches and thus widen the width of the beaches. There are also instances of sourcing the sand or sediments from nearby locations.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/hakaimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aals-header-1200×576.jpg” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nBeach Nourishment, a Soft Armor!<\/h1>\n