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Disappearing Shoreline
With the rising height of the sea level the culture that exists on the coast will begin to change, or cease to exist. The Disappearing shoreline is a warning to us and if we cannot fix the situation then we must engage it, we must adapt. Change within our society needs to occur, we are not trying to fix the problem, which has always been the argument but we must now adapt, we must now engage what is going to occur instead of trying to hide it or running away from the truth physical and psychologically. If we are going to continue to exist on this planet, then we must alter ourselves for adaption.

We hold our shore lines with high praise for beauty and experience, but the rising sea level will take them, why not we do the same? If the water
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