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Environment
Keahna Margeson, IDPhD Student, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University

Let coastlines be coastlines: How nature-based approaches can protect Canada's coasts

Along Canadian coasts, storm surges and flooding have gone from breaking news to seasonal norms.

Phenomena Canadians have historically thought of as freak natural disasters are becoming regular predictable occurrences.

Our go-to solution to protect property and infrastructure is to build walls to block wave energy — walls that have become ineffective and unaffordable. It’s time to look beyond the status quo and consider nature-based solutions to protect the places we love.

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