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Debris from Hurricane Sandy is piled up behind an artificial dune

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Debris from Hurricane Sandy is piled up behind an artificial dune, built to protect the island from the winter storm season
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Debris from Hurricane Sandy (Seaside Heights, NJ) is piled up behind an artificial dune in order to protect island infrastructure from the subsequent winter storm season. Like storms, humans change coasts too.

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Public Domain.