A dilemma to Florida’s coastline causing catastrophic issues to communities and habitats is coastal erosion. Coastal erosion is defined as a decrease in shoreline due to a physical event that could either be a short or long-term event. Examples of short-term events are waves and hurricanes; a long-term event could be in the rise in sea level (Pilkey, Cooper, 2004). In Florida, hurricanes are common due to warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, thus creating massive amount of coastal erosion in Florida’s coastline affecting the communities and habitats. In order to save Florida’s coastline, coastal erosion must be further investigated to be prevented and to save communities and habitats from being destroyed.
In Florida, hurricanes are most common
In Florida, hurricanes are most common