- Many people around the world live near coasts.
- Coastal land provides jobs and daily services.
- Climate hazards like floods and erosion are increasing.
- Over the past years some towns moved inland.
- Other towns have stayed close to the coast.
- Poor communities often cannot move away from coasts.
- Middle-income places frequently relocate people inland.
- Wealthier areas usually stay and build sea walls.
- Researchers used nighttime lights to map changes.
- They call for more study and planning.
Difficult words
- coast — land next to the seacoasts
- flood — when water covers land that is usually dryfloods
- erosion — loss of land by water or wind
- relocate — move people or things to a new place
- researcher — a person who studies and collects informationResearchers
- sea wall — a strong wall built to stop sea watersea walls
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Discussion questions
- Do you live near a coast?
- Have you seen a sea wall?
- Do you have floods where you live?
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