Erosion

Southern Europe is already hurting and will hurt even more in the years to come from rising temperature, less rainfall, coastal erosion and floods, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warns in its first European Climate Risk Assessment report published earlier this month.

The rate of residential areas and bare rocks in Turkey's Mount Uludağ National Park has increased from around seven percent to 13 percent in the last three decades, according to a study.

“The figure was scarcely visible and was about to disappear because it’s situated on quite a steep slope that’s prone to the effects of natural erosion”

The state should consider moving certain mountain settlements to a different location instead of investing in expensive anti-erosion works, says Efthymis Lekkas, professor of dynamic tectonic applied geology at Athens University and head of the Organization of Earthquake Planning and Protection.

The first thing to be done in the fight against desertification is to prevent land degradation and then engage in restoration that rehabilitates the destroyed land, experts said. Caused primarily by human activities and climatic variations, desertification directly affects human life and the sustainability of the planet.

The Yerköprü Waterfall in Mut is said to have been formed as a result of erosion caused by the Ermenek Stream. Click through for the story in photos...

Confidence among German business leaders held steady in May after months of erosion, a regular survey showed on May 25, although doubts remained over the outlook for the world economy.

Two new university studies warn of the risks of extensive coastal erosion in seven parts of Greece.

Coastal erosion has wreaked a significant impact on nearly a third of Greek beaches, according to data made public on Wednesday at a seminar in Athens organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) which also reported problems at river estuaries. 

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