National Trust highlights climate threat to coast

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"Climate change could destroy many of Britain's coastal areas as sea levels rise and more intense storms bring flooding and corrosion, a study commissioned by the National Trust has warned."

This isn't a new story, but this development is worrying:

"The National Trust looks to adaptation as the favoured response, recognising the drawbacks of rock or concrete defences that it says amount to "buying time" as they can only be relied on as a temporary measure in any case."

The projections for the future of the UK (see this map) are pretty dire, one has to wonder if 'adaptation' simply means doing nothing except moving to higher ground?