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What is happening?
The Holderness coastline is under attack.
Up to 10m of coast are eroded every year.
This is because it's made of boulder clay which is easy to erode.
It's estimated that sea levels are rising up to 4 mm per year.
Environmental impacts
Coastline is 3-4 km further west than it was in Roman times.
Habitats destroyed
Loss of beaches
Roads falling into the sea
Farmland lost-80,000m per year
Fossils uncovered
Impacts on people
29 villages lost in past thousand years
Properties drop in value
Businesses lost-Seaside Caravan Park at Ulrome loses 10 pitches a year.
Accessibility decreases-Southfield Lane closed
Cliff house farm at risk
B1421 road link at risk
Over 300 live there
Management at Mappleton
2 rock groynes built in 1991 (£2 million)
Sea wall to protect Easington Gas Station cost £4.5 million.25% OF UK's gas from here.
Off shore revetments (£1,000 per m)
Concrete revetments
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