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A new study has revealed the tourist beaches around the world that are predicted to shrink the most by 2100 - with a number of popular UK seaside resorts featuring towards the top of the list.
Researchers from the website Hawaiianislands.com used data published by the European Commission to identify holiday beaches likely to be worst hit by rising sea levels and erosion by the beginning of the twenty second century.
And the results do not make pleasant reading for some of the UK's favourite seaside resorts and the businesses that rely on tourism.
The UK beaches set to reduce in size the most by 2100 are St Brelade's Bay in Jersey (15th worldwide, 214m/702ft), followed by Scarborough Beach in Yorkshire (146m/479ft).
St Brelade's Bay features on many picture postcards, thanks to its yellow sand, clear blue waters and towering palm trees.
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Scarborough Castle soars above the shoreline (Image: Getty)
Surrounded by higher ground to 3 sides, the bay is a natural south-facing amphitheatre and sun-trap, popular with swimmers and water sports enthusiasts.
One recent tourist raved about it in a social media post, calling it a "perfect beach".
FiFiJones14 wrote on Tripadvisor: "Loads of space, perfect sand, sun loungers etc to hire, close to a car park and toilets, close to shops for ice cream etc and restaurants for lunch/dinner.
"Just a lovely beach with stunning views."
Scarborough Beach has been described as one of the UK’s top seaside resorts.
It offers visitors two large, sandy bays, divided by a rocky promontory on which stand the majestic ruins of the 11th-century Scarborough Castle.
Melting ice caps are causing sea levels to rise (Image: Getty)
However, top billing on the list of endangered beaches goes to Nigeria's Landmark Beach.
It’s predicted to decrease in size by a staggering 918m (3,011ft).
Meanwhile, in the US, Clearwater Beach in Florida is forecast to shrink the most (193m/633ft).
And in the Pacific region, Australia’s Manly Beach will suffer the biggest loss of territory to the sea (161m/528ft).
Rising sea levels will affect all areas of the globe and that includes Europe as well.
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The researchers ranked Mackenzie Beach in Cyprus and Spiaggia La Cinta in Sardinia in the top five.
Other popular European beaches that are expected to shrink considerably include Poetto beach in Cagliari, Italy, Plage d'Hendaye in France and Praia da Rocha Baixinha in Albufeira, Portugal.
Commenting on the study, HawaiianIslands.com said: "Every country with a beach has its own beach culture, and historical images of beaches are among the most nostalgic that we find in our collective archives.
"But the fact that beaches are also at the front line of rising sea levels tends to be something many of us know without thinking about it too much in the grand scale of the climate crisis.
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"In fact, shrinking beaches make for a stark visual reminder of what we are to lose without dramatic efforts from global powers.
The Royal Society had warned that if greenhouse gases continue to increase on their current trajectories, then sea levels may rise by 1.3 to 2.6 feet by 2100.
In a recent report, they wrote: "Rising sea levels will not stop in 2100.
"They will be much higher in the following centuries as the sea continues to take up heat and glaciers continue to retreat."
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