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Postcards From The Future

 
Coastline near Lands End
Coastline near Lands End

Ocean or dumping ground?

We use the sea as a handy dumping ground but how long can we continue trashing the waves?

Piers and other delights

For many in Britain, the coast means the seaside and leisure, fun and a taste of the forbidden. Sally Novello records the changes in the seaside as our first resort.

Weathering the storms

Melting ice caps and warmer oceans - how will our coastline cope with a climate of change?

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What are we doing to the future? See how the decisions you make now will affect the coastline in years to come with our interactive:

Screenshot from the interactiveOpen Postcards From The Future

The tool is a Flash file. There is also a simple HTML version.

Content last updated: 22/07/2005

 
 
 

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