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New Report Details Extreme Effects of Coastal Flooding in Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard

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Tiziana Dearing, Ali Audet, Steven Gelman

August 04, 2021

Climate change is accelerating the erosion of beaches around the world, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change. (Julio Cortez/AP)

We check in on this year's State of the Coast report, detailing the climate crisis facing Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The major takeaway: things are bad. Possibly even worse than we previously thought. We hear from Tom O'Shea, Managing Director of Resources and Planning for The Trustees of Reservations and one of the report's authors.

This segment aired on August 4, 2021.