The council's £800,000 contribution to the development is funded by the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs as part of the Changing Coast East Riding project.

New satellite-based research reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise. A major culprit: overpumping of groundwater. By Mira ...

"We measured subsidence rates of 2 mm per year affecting more than 2 million people and 800,000 properties on the East Coast," Shirzaei said. "We know to some extent that the land is sinking.

Concrete sea walls, like the one proposed for a 257-foot stretch in Half Moon Bay, have been proposed to prevent further erosion along the coast, though the proposals have faced local opposition ...