Links To Climate Change

Montrose (NE Scotland) has an ancient coastal golf links course. That, and other parts of its beach, are rapidly eroding. The Dynamic Coast Report 2021 actually predicted that Montrose's beach would erode at an average rate of 3 metres per year, resulting, over 40 years, in a 120 metre loss. In 2023, however, the Autumn (Fall) storm season removed 7 metres of beach. Things are speeding up (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/03/scottish-beach-eroding-by-7-metres-a-year-montrose-climate-change). Global heating, reliably causes record amounts of polar ice to melt. The increased temperature, also thermally expands the water, as well as increasing the power of storms. Fairly obviously, some coastal areas are more prone to these effects than others. It will be more than a game of golf that's lost! Montrose certainly won't be the only location to be damaged.