According to headlines last year, by 2050 Kent’s coastline could look very different as a result of rising sea levels. The Daily Mail reported areas could be underwater and “may have to be abandoned because of rising seas and coastal erosion”. Much of the Romney Marsh, Sheppey, Isle of Grain and Hoo Peninsula would be swamped. Thanet would become an island once more, while Sittingbourne, Faversham, Deal and Sandwich could also see its coastline ingress inland. Terrifying, certainly. Accurate? Not so much. Which is not to diminish the scale of change we can expect as a direct consequence of cli…
