Geoscience Reference
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south of oCraCoke, north Carolina
About 12% of all ocean shorelines are lined by barrier islands which, with the exception of the islands
along cold Arctic shorelines, are in great demand for development. A one-meter rise in sea level will halt
all development on these unconsolidated, low-elevation sand islands, unless they are ringed on all sides by
massive sea walls.
