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Climate change and sea level rise threaten California beach life
CALIFORNIA – Tyree Johnson loved her apartment overlooking the Pacific Ocean – until it began to crumble down a cliff into the sea.
For 15 years, he could enjoy the sunset over the water from his back porch in Pacifica, a few miles southwest of San Francisco.
Dolphins swam past and hung gliders overhead. But all that splendor comes with risks: The hoaxes are waning and the ocean gnawing below.