Another truth hidden under the wave of global warming hysteria: coastlines erode, sandy coastlines erode faster

“THis is the moment when the seas will stop rising and the planet begin to heal”

Nantucket beachfront homes still coveted by buyers despite high risk of being swallowed by the sea

America’s wealthiest appear to be playing the luck of the draw when it comes to purchasing and preserving beachfront homes on one of New England's most cherished islands.

On Nantucket, off the coast of Massachusetts, conservationists are cautioning locals that coastal erosion is strongly wearing down the island.

It's projected that by 2070, nearly 30 miles of roadway will be inundated by more than six inches of floodwater during regular high tides, according to the town’s Coastal Resilience Plan report released in 2021.

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"They are willing to take on this risk [of purchasing a home] that your average individual wouldn’t in exchange for being on the water," he told Fox News Digital.

Coastal erosion differs in all parts of the country — but the process by which local sea levels rise, strong wave action and coastal flooding wear down the coastline may result in carrying away rocks, sand, soil and even structures.

Dr. Jen Karberg, senior wetland ecologist and director of research and partnerships at the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, said homes falling into the ocean is nothing new, but it is being seen at an accelerated rate now. [b.s.]

"We have people that are moving here and buying houses for cash that they know are going to fall into the ocean," Karberg told Fox News Digital.

 Karberg researches coastal salt marshes, coastal dunes systems, methods on how to increase coastal resilience by using nature-based solutions and building up nature.

"Dune systems themselves are really protective to areas that are farther inland because they're what we call dynamic, because they're supposed to erode away and rebuild, and that sand is supposed to move." 

I have absolutely no problem with anyone who wants to live on a dune or sea cliff — it’s their money, and they should be free to spend it as they wish. But that same freedom should be accorded all people, especially, in this case, taxpayers living inland, who shouldn’t be forced to pay for temporary and ultimately futile, beach replenishment projects to save their reckless neighbors from their folly.