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Fire Island barrier island environments

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Photo of Fire Island showing back barrier, dunes, beach, and nearshore environments
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Photo of Fire Island, New York showing back barrier, dunes, beach, and nearshore environments.

Explore coastal change at Fire Island in this interactive Story Map.

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Public Domain.

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This geonarrative features research used to predict how Fire Island beaches change in response to storms and how they may subsequently recover in the year following a storm event.
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