In sea-change, UK may abandon homes to coastal erosion

The team from the Coastwise project have been granted over £15 million ($20 million) in government funding to adapt the coastline in North Norfolk, eastern England, to accelerating erosion worsened by climate change. There is one caveat: it cannot spend that money on traditional coastal defences like sea walls or rock-filled cages known as gabions. Instead, the team is assessing the best ways to lose at-risk homes to the sea and helping better inform cliffside property purchases. Some measures it has considered include selective buyouts...