Una idea para tus historias: La pérdida de los litorales costeros

The document outlines the drivers and impacts of coastal erosion, highlighting the vulnerability of the 15% of the global population living near coasts. It critiques temporary solutions like beach nourishment and emphasizes the loss of coastal wetlands, which act as storm defenses. The guide offers journalistic advice on handling the complexity of community resettlement, utilizing public records, and valuing indigenous knowledge. It also suggests specific data sources from NOAA and the USGS to track shoreline changes and the costs of erosion control.

• Approximately 15% of the global population, or over one billion people, live within a few miles of coasts and are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts.
• Coastal erosion is intensified by sea-level rise and climate-fueled storms, causing significant material losses; in the United States, these losses amount to nearly 500 million dollars annually.
• Beach nourishment and other erosion control projects are costly and temporary; for instance, North Carolina has spent over 1 billion dollars on beach nourishment since the 1950s, yet the process must be repeated every three to five years.
• Coastal wetlands and marshes are disappearing three times faster than forests, reducing the primary line of defense against increasingly intense storms.
• Journalists are advised to treat indigenous and local knowledge as expert evidence rather than mere anecdotes, and to use FOIA/FOIL requests to uncover data from federal and state agencies.

APA

Loginova, O. (2025). Una idea para tus historias: La pérdida de los litorales costeros. Covering Climate Now. https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cubrir-la-perdida-de-los-litorales-costeros/

Chicago

Loginova, Olga. Una idea para tus historias: La pérdida de los litorales costeros. Covering Climate Now, 2025. https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cubrir-la-perdida-de-los-litorales-costeros/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |last1=Loginova |first1=Olga |title=Una idea para tus historias: La pérdida de los litorales costeros |publisher=Covering Climate Now |date=13 May 2025 |url=https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cubrir-la-perdida-de-los-litorales-costeros/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{loginova2025una, author = {Loginova, Olga}, title = {{Una idea para tus historias: La pérdida de los litorales costeros}}, institution = {Covering Climate Now}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cubrir-la-perdida-de-los-litorales-costeros/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }