Greece’s prized beaches, a major draw for tourists – and luxury resorts taking them over – are being swallowed up faster by erosion and rising tides caused by climate change, noted Professor Costas Synolakis has warned.
He teaches civil and environmental engineering at the Technical University of Crete and the University of Southern California and told state broadcaster ERT that Greece lost 250 square kilometers (96.53 square miles) of beaches in 30 years.
Source: The National Herald