Stay or go?: Rising seas threaten to chase people from UK coasts
Climate change impacts are speeding up coastal erosion in Britain resulting in thousands of people likely to be forced to relocate inland. But, as RACHEL PARSONS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports some communities want to stay and invest in sea defences…
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UK pilgrims carry crosses to Walsingham in annual Easter event
Norfolk, UK As Easter Week dawned, groups of people across the UK began long walks carrying a heavy wooden cross to Walsingham, Norfolk as part of the annual ‘Pilgrim Cross’ pilgrimage. The cross is carried across a ford at Castle Acre in Norfolk during a previous pilgrimage. PICTURE: Courtesy of Pilgrim Cross. “Carrying the cross […]
‘Sandscaping’ first for UK in bid to save coastal homes
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A giant sand dune is being built on England’s east coast to save 400 homes from storm surges, in Britain’s first attempt to use “sandscaping” to stave off rising seas and prepare for a changing climate, engineers said last week. The novel project, set to finish this month, will only buy north […]
In the UK, Norfolk nuns look to give away property
St Michael’s House, one of the buildings the nuns are giving away. PICTURE: From a brochure on the property. A community of Anglican nuns in Norfolk in the UK are giving away their buildings to a successful applicant who comes up with the best idea for how the nine acre site could be repurposed as […]