8 million cubic feet of sand for Miami because "not climate change"?

[icehorse]

Sucks to be the Maldives:

US dumps huge amounts of sand on Miami Beach to tackle climate change erosion

 

[BSM1]

Extremely disingenuous and misleading. Miami has been dumping sand on the beaches for well over 40 years (pre-GW/CC hoax).

Would it still be Miami Beach with foreign sand?

 

[sooda]

Extremely disingenuous and misleading. Miami has been dumping sand on the beaches for well over 40 years (pre-GW/CC hoax).

Would it still be Miami Beach with foreign sand?

Don't they dredge the sand up locally?

 

[Darkforbid]

Sucks to be the Maldives:

US dumps huge amounts of sand on Miami Beach to tackle climate change erosion

Grow up.

 

[icehorse]

Apparently it's 8 million cubic feet for sand for deniers to stick their heads into.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Extremely disingenuous and misleading. Miami has been dumping sand on the beaches for well over 40 years (pre-GW/CC hoax).

Would it still be Miami Beach with foreign sand?

Some people been saying as long as 60 years.

Looks like an opportunist piece to push agendas to those ignorant of the situation.

Sound the alarms!!!

 

[Twilight Hue]

Don't they dredge the sand up locally?

I think the whole state is made up of sand. With a little bit of clay mixed in.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Reminds me of a documentary that I thought was informing and--if I planned to be around for a while or had kids--alarming.

Sand Wars - Wikipedia

Synopsis
By the end of the 21st century, due to beach theft, beaches will be a thing of the past. That is the alarming forecast of a growing number of scientists and environmental NGOs. Sand has become a vital commodity for our modern economies: we use it in our toothpaste, detergents, and cosmetics, and computers and mobile phones couldn’t exist without it. Our houses, skyscrapers, bridges and airports are all basically made with sand: it has become the most widely consumed natural resource on the planet after fresh water. The worldwide construction boom fueled by emerging economies and increasing urbanization has led to intensive sand extraction on land and in the oceans, with damaging environmental impacts. [3] [4] Sand Wars takes us around the world as it tracks the contractors, sand smugglers and unscrupulous property developers involved in the new gold rush, and meets the environmentalists and local populations struggling to reverse the threat to the future of this resource that we all take for granted.

Sand smugglers? Got some in my back trunk. Want some? Shhh.....

 

[icehorse]

Reminds me of a documentary that I thought was informative and--if I planned to be around for a while or had kids--alarming.

Sand Wars - Wikipedia

Synopsis
By the end of the 21st century, due to beach theft, beaches will be a thing of the past. That is the alarming forecast of a growing number of scientists and environmental NGOs. Sand has become a vital commodity for our modern economies: we use it in our toothpaste, detergents, and cosmetics, and computers and mobile phones couldn’t exist without it. Our houses, skyscrapers, bridges and airports are all basically made with sand: it has become the most widely consumed natural resource on the planet after fresh water. The worldwide construction boom fueled by emerging economies and increasing urbanization has led to intensive sand extraction on land and in the oceans, with damaging environmental impacts. Sand Wars takes us around the world as it tracks the contractors, sand smugglers and unscrupulous property developers involved in the new gold rush, and meets the environmentalists and local populations struggling to reverse the threat to the future of this resource that we all take for granted.

While informative, this seems like a separate issue.

 

[Terry Sampson]

a separate issue.

You're right. I'll delete my post and start another thread.

 

[sooda]

Apparently it's 8 million cubic feet for sand for deniers to stick their heads into.

Charleston beaches have been replenishing for decades. They dredge sand up from the harbor and add it to the beaches.

 

[icehorse]

Charleston beaches have been replenishing for decades. They dredge sand up from the harbor and add it to the beaches.

No one is denying that erosion happens. Sea level rising is a different issue.

 

[sooda]

No one is denying that erosion happens. Sea level rising is a different issue.

Very true.. so I wouldn't conflate beach erosion with sea level rise. Its diverts the real issue.

 

[icehorse]

Very true.. so I wouldn't conflate beach erosion with sea level rise. Its diverts the real issue.

Okay, let's dive down a little..

Erosion happens even when water levels are stable, no argument.

But the erosion that's happening in Miami is exacerbated by rising sea levels.

 

[sooda]

Okay, let's dive down a little..

Erosion happens even when water levels are stable, no argument.

But the erosion that's happening in Miami is exacerbated by rising sea levels.

OK...…….

 

[PureX]

No one is denying that erosion happens. Sea level rising is a different issue.

Rising sea levels increase erosion.

 

[BSM1]

Okay, let's dive down a little..

Erosion happens even when water levels are stable, no argument.

But the erosion that's happening in Miami is exacerbated by rising sea levels.

No, it's not. Prove it....

 

[Notanumber]

I could not see any mention of the possibility of the land sinking in the OP article but the comments beneath were interesting.