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The problem with this is that in a lot of cases coastal erosion is worse downdrift because of shore fortification seawalls, groynes, revetments, etc. updrift.
“A new approach to management of the American shoreline is urgently needed” 2008
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And so on and so and on until you come to an area where its source of sand isn't coming from updrift or there aren't tourists to cater to or you're too poor to build one or too politically weak to ask for public financing or could be any number of other situations that will certainly interest me to no end.
The self-replicating, self-similar geology of San Lucido 2008
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SAN FRANCISCO MarketWatch -- U.S. stocks rose Monday on light volume, catching an updrift on hopes U.S. corporate earnings reports -- which got underway late Monday -- would show some strength.
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But the updrift in core inflation will be a cause for concern, "wrote Michael Gregory, an economist at BMO Capital Markets.
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But the updrift in core inflation will be a cause for concern. "
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The graph at #376 shows a cumulative updrift of +.35 deg F from the 20’s to the 90’s, just from the TOBS adjustment.
TOBS « Climate Audit 2007
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