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Damaging coastal storm conditions have become twice as frequent at a New Jersey Beach since 1979

Storm conditions capable of causing major coastal erosion at New Jersey's North Beach on Sandy Hook are occurring about twice as often as they did in 1979, according to Rutgers researchers. The finding offers new evidence that storm impacts are becoming more frequent along the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Damaging coastal storm conditions have become twice as frequent at a New Jersey Beach since 1979
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Storm conditions capable of causing major coastal erosion at New Jersey's North Beach on Sandy Hook are occurring about twice as often as they did in 1979, according to Rutgers researchers. The finding offers new evidence that storm impacts are becoming more frequent along the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Originally published at Phys.org

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