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Beaches are Resiliant after Earthquake and Tsunami

“Dune plants are coming back in places there haven’t been plants, as far as we know, for a very long time. The earthquake created sandy beach habitat where it had been lost. This is not the initial ecological response you might expect from a major earthquake and tsunami.” - quote from research biologist Jenifer Dugan in this article. More info.

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