Rotting seaweed, dead fish, no sand: Climate change threatens to ruin US beaches

Rotting seaweed, dead fish, no sand: Climate change threatens to ruin US beaches

By Elizabeth Weise

Source: msn

6/20/2023

As Americans flock to the beach this summer, they're often greeted with disconcerting news: Their destination might be smelly with dead fish or rotting seaweed, − and danger often lurks from rip currents or even shark attacks.

In a warming world, those problems are set to get worse, experts say.

"The climate is changing and it's changing drastically," said Todd Crowl, director of the Institute of Environment at Florida International University in Miami. "It is measurable and happening."

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