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Repairing flood defences in Dorset

Posted by: Mark Goldingay, Posted on: 6 August 2014 - Categories: Climate change, Flood
Photo shows work being carried out to the gabion 'castle' and crest of the shingle bank at Chesil beach in Portland, Dorset

Work is well underway across Dorset and Wiltshire to repair damage caused by flooding and coastal storms. In this blog we hear from Mark Goldingay about the work to repair damaged assets. Assets are banks, pumping stations, sluices, gates and …

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Living with a changing coast in Devon and Dorset

Posted by: Jane Lavick, Posted on: 16 April 2014 - Categories: Climate change, Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood, Water
A boy studies our flooded house model

The unrelenting storms of this winter clearly highlighted the scale of damage and disruption that can be wreaked on our coastline by Mother Nature, at her most ferocious. Whilst it wasn't the first time that the Dawlish railway line was severed, (it …

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