Huge swathes of the region's coastline are at risk of being lost to the sea within 30 years, a new study has concluded, prompting experts to call for the creation of 'a nationwide strategic approach' to tackle climate change land loss.
One environmental professor said it would 'not be possible to protect every house and business from sea level rise' and predicted 'changes are coming sooner than we might think'.
More than 2,000 homes and businesses face disappearing by the 2050s in West Lancashire alone, with significant risk in other areas of the North West too, according to the new research.
The borough faces losing more than 2,000 properties as a result of rising sea levels, the study suggests. It is among 20 local authority areas across the country to face losing that number, with almost 200,000 properties said to be at risk in total, reports Lancs Live.
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