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 Coastal Erosion in Chile Credit : Science Direct          When researching, Chile happens to be a country that is in third place when experiencing the amount of coastal erosion that they do. As an article from "Sustainability " states, "In the last decades, coastal storms have triggered unprecedented erosion rates and structural damage in several cities along the Chilean coastline [30]. The effects of these events have sometimes been aggravated by earthquakes, which in turn trigger tsunamis and changes in land elevation". Credit : Science Direct    This photo from Science direct can also show the amount of coastal erosion between two different beaches in Chile. On another note, there are many ways to help prevent this. As FEMA states, "Seawalls, revetments, bulkheads, groins and breakwaters may reduce erosion in the short-term". Another source named "Seawall Professionals of Florida" states, "Strategic planting of vegetation can be used to

 Extreme Weather in Chile Credit: CNBC      This photo is of a place in Chile, reports say that South American countries have been breaking record with heatwaves in August. As CNBC states, "Chile’s national weather agency said several weather stations nationwide recorded temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius at the start of the month". This means that the temperature was 101 degrees which is definitely out of the ordinary for Chile. The news station CNBC also states, "A study published last month found that the heatwaves baking vast swathes of North America, Europe and Asia in July would have been “virtually impossible” without the human-induced climate crisis. Scientists say the extreme weather sweeping across the globe reaffirms the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions as quickly and deeply as possible". This is basically explaining that without climate change, our planet would not have been able to do this normally. It is only happening because of the green