I agree with you

They dont got no business building on the beaches period 💯👏😭😂

@xavier tardone Everything is a contribution. A beach is an ecosystem too.

Couldn't agree more. Stop Building on ocean fronts. Beaches are the sacred place to any country for families and friends to relax and absorb nature.

As the Bible says, the fool builds his house on the sand

That's why in French Polynesia they still use tiki huts close to shore.... It's not that they can't afford to build something permanent, it's cause they know the shoreline and beaches are constantly changing, and that they will have to move their structures to stay out of the oceans way.

@@jamieingels1190 Smart!

I agree

This will happen to Dubai soon.

@@gerzylcarano-o4847 Hope they are preparing.

That's exactly right. Beaches erode when people build at the high tide mark because they stop the natural process which replaces the sand.

right.... coz the seas aren't rising.

@@warehousejo007 that's right... the oceans have risen 12 feet over 20,000 years...you do the math.

@@arnolda.lampel6087 I happen to believe in climate change. So I don't know where your are going with "denial". This particular case may be more about beach erosion. That doesn't mean we aren't also having sea levels rise.

THANK YOU!!!

You are so correct John Will.

Houses can’t be built on the sand .............

Well, Puerto Rican’s aren’t really the brightest in the bunch.....

@@josefastboats5874 whoa perro

It's both. It's more landmass sinking right now but as glacier melt accelerates it will be a different story

The rain got stronger and larger that makes my place in philippines suffer an unexpected fast rising water while everyone is enjoying welcoming new year. It was 12:15am of jan 1 2021, pyrotecnics are the attraction in the sky and roads, within 1 hour the water depth reach to 5 feet. Again the rains return after seven days with the same volume of floodwater. Now two towns and five cities declared a state of calamity in negros occidental. Rain volume & high tide makes the flood even worse

If ocean level rise it will be globally. Not only at certain spots. Here at S.A. beaches there is no sign of sea level rises. The big problem is a lack of good planning when building at beach fronts.

The land is sinking in Chicago too?

They, those who harvest the sand from the ocean for so and so much to make concrete ect, are the reason the waters seem to be rising. Yes, you are correct. The land is sinking. Think about it. For decades they just take the ocean bottom. How long do they think they, the corporations, can take? They think forever, without consequences to the oceans......to the earth?

@@metametametametameta They did shrink. The land mass used to be significantly larger when Dinosaurs were around. That is why in parts of the ocean there are oil fields. Because that used to be swamps or dry land and they are now underwater. The gulf of mexico was largely land at one point. Then a meteor struck there. Don't let reality and science shake your theories .

Thais happening,,both oceans trenches making happen

the problem is the rate of change. Change was "through ages" nowadays is measured in years. You cant deny global warming when ocean temperatures have changed in the last 20 years more than in the last 200 years

@@maumor2 The term global warming means "Jack Sheit". As does climate change. Now you want to throw rate of change out there. Just admit it, you guys have to change your story every few years because you are always wrong. When has the earth ever been "still" and unchanging. Never. There have been ice ages and tropical zones in Siberia. The amount of variables in trying to make you case are so overwhelming you have zero chance of telling me what the average temp of earth is going to be in 2050. And you don't have enough data to tell me what the average temp was in 1950. My god I am so sick of koolaid drinking sheep that don't have two braincells to rub together. But you have to feel like you are a hero. Like you are Captain Planet. That is what this is really about on a personal level to a lot of you believers. Your ego gets to make you the hero in your own personal catastrophic flic. So you tune out all evidence to the contrary and soak in all the propaganda from state funded pseudo science mags. Sadly as I write this I know it will fall on your blind eyes, But maybe it will induce a spark of curiosity from someone else that was about to be mind wiped by your cult.

@@DeficiencyProduction Typical leftist response. Change the subject and vilify the debater rather than address the debate.

It's the ocean washing away that soft sand and dirt. As it does, it changes the floor of the ocean which changes the way and motion of the waves hitting the beach. In some cases it deposits more sand, in others, it takes it away.

Sad sight for Puerto Rico😢. I hope actions will be taken. In my country (PH), we also face same problems but we're able to cope up. We rehabilitate our beaches by destroying buildings built near the beach , built sea barricades, and applying dolomite (artificial) sands. Dolomite sands and peebles are effective to avoid erosion plus it have health and environmental benefits. I think it adds sands too(not sure). Moreover, we also have numerous hectares of reclaimation projects. I'm proud of my country's progress though we still have long way to go. Praying for Puerto Rico😊

@@andyfletcher3561 Are in my oceanography class? Lol

@@Hephzibah624 No but I did actually consider that course of study in my youth. As a lifelong fisherman, I have taken an interest in such things over the years because these things affect fishing on many levels.

So you are saying, given a few thousand years all beaches will continue to erode Inland, only being stopped by a rise in the land like a mountain chain or something?

@@georgeellis2114 Actually, yes and no. In some places the oceans deposit sand. Each wave controls the following wave and what it will do to the beach.

Agreed. We need to control the ocean currents. The world is ever changing.

@@yvelf Yes!!! We can do that!! I mean, we're humans right? LoL.

From PH We face same problem too due to climate change. Our govt. actions are reclaimation areas, sea barricades, and applied dolomite sands (artificial sands). We rehabilitate our beaches too. So proud of our progress😊

Love Trinidad 🇹🇹 ❤️ from Australia🇦🇺

I thought it was Trinidad & tobacco or trinidad and tobagon.

Yeah, Jakarta for example is sinking, it has nothing to do with sea level rising but rather the weight of the city itself sinking the land.

It's actually a combination of both higher sea levels and land rising. Those melting ice caps result in higher sea levels...

in my country Chile, sea lever changes more from earthquakes than from any sea level rise....have not seen any significant rise by the way.

And just about 200 miles west is my state--Louisiana. We are losing marshland at an estimated rate of the size of a football field every 100 minutes. It's caused by multiple factors--sea level rise, land sinking due to dams being built up river which deprives the lower Mississippji river of silt and it's impacted by oil drilling also. There usually are multiple factors. It's not just "climate change". I don't like how climate change has just become this politicized catch all phrase. These issues are due to complex factors that are generally due to multiple things and don't have an easy answer.

@@tonibomani333 No, its not. I've been going to the same coast every year for decades here in South Africa, and there has been zero ocean level rise. If the ocean level is rising, it should be rising everywhere, but its not. All this talk of rising oceans is nothing but cherry picking the data to fit the fear mongering theory.

You're right. Bad weather has exacerbated the problem. And in return, weather events will be harsher without the protection of the coast.

Louie that is what I was thinking, the storms greatly increased the speed in which the beaches were eroded. Does Puerto Rico have any type of beach replenishment program? We have to do beach replenishment here in Florida. Every year, we replenish the beaches that get washed out by major storms. This helps protect our coastlines and homes that are on the water.

@@cbbomar1117 Biggest scam in the world. Dredge lobbies spend more money in Tallahassee on lobbyists then big pharma. Growing up on the East Coast of Florida, there were no buildings on the beach. Old timers, Indians, knew not to build. The water was always clean, there were two sets of reefs causing waves to break offshore. Then came the condos, and the houses. Then came the destruction of the dunes. Then came the dumping of fake sand on the beaches. This killed everything. The ocean turned murky. Now, the dredges take light sand from offshore and pump it on the beach. The reefs are covered with sand. The sand washes into the water and tints the water and clogs fish lungs. 1 storm, all the sand is gone, but Great Lakes makes $30 million and the CEO gets to buy another house in the Cayman Islands.

Bill Murphy Spot on!! I am a Native American from the Eastern Shore Delaware/Maryland. Are you saying Native Americans had more (Common) sense. As Thanksgiving approaches let’s pray for Common Sense! My bad because a love PR and want to retire there. My goal is the Guy on the Corona Commercials at Christmas 🎄 who sits under a Coconut Tree 🌴 on the beach with a Corona. My wife who was born in PR says what are you going to do if a Hurricane comes. I look at her and reply, Die!! And never never ever should a Hurricane be name Maria! For those living on the beaches the only thing I can say is enjoy, wish I was there.

Louie read the comments. It’s happening in Jamaica and all over the Caribbean. Not just because of the hurricanes

but it effects places differently, some places feel the effects greater

@@josiefw9395 So, and I agree with you, and so, the seas are only rising in some places and not others? I was taught that water always finds its level. My theory is that people are pumping out the groundwater for industrial, home and farming use. When you pump water out, it creates a void that has to have something to fill it be it land or saltwater. In the case of land, it is going to subside and thus you get the effect of rising sea levels when it is not the case. Too many people at the tap draining the source. In Central California, the land has subsided over 11 feet in 20 to 30 years because of the almond groves. Almond use a lot of water to grow and then there are the farmers also pulling out the groundwater for their crops.

@@wendellwhite5797 No need to argue with them. Puerto Rican’s aren’t the brightest people in the bunch.....

@@josefastboats5874 Puerto Rico is a very beautiful island, especially in the mountains. I use to surf on the western side at Rincon near the wastewater treatment plant. Nice people but as you said, some are not very bright.

@@wendellwhite5797 Yeah the problem is they are lied to all the time and they believe it. No too bright as I said.... Yes the Island is beautiful

where

@@YankeeYork he said it in Spanish

Muy cierto

what about islands in the South Pacific? no hurricanes there. And no erosion as they are reefs not sandy beaches

@@maumor2 Those islands weren’t covered in this piece.

What progress? Where is the progress? Those are houses build too close to the shore, if there was progress, construction codes won't allow these houses to exist.

Lol did you even read my comment? I literally quoted the scientist from PR who said they didn't listen to him because he waa "against the progress" .... But you know, folks are quick with the social media debates 😭😂😂😂😜

Blame your governor of your island

Pa’ que cojan los que siempre piensan en dinero solamente.

Money before logic building too close to the sea she will defend herself and children.💙🙏😔

The foundations for structures built in sandy locations are usually pilings drilled or driven down to bedrock. It is called engineering.

ZUES - sad time see nature do what nature does - gosh we should do something - I know let’s create a world tax - we’ll squeeze the last nickel out of the middles class - then we won’t even notice that the leaking radiation from Fukushima three mile island Chernobyl etc etc has us all by the balls 🏀

They are supposed to change. Is sand

That's what happens after multiple hurricanes, it's called coastal beach erosion. What's sad is why hasn't the people of Puerto Rico done something about it...

BoBoBlood Youngblood Sr puerto rico is in massive debt due to political problems Coastal erosion isn’t a priority when they can’t even pay off retirees in their country.

island** not country

Speak for yourself and seek help.

Yes greed ,ignorance and arrogance

True in Miami. ...The idiots are still building million dollar high rise buildings right along the coast line. We all know Miami will be underwater in 30 years.

Humans make me so sick

When you take more than you give everyone wants a big house concrete and yard they destroyed the trees so live goes on 😠

@Zaur Abkhazi Yup.

@Zaur Abkhazi and whats the excuse for the reef islands on the South Pacific? no storms and no erosion (as they are reefs not sandy beaches)

@Zaur Abkhazi Nice try, but I wasn't referring to the Solomon Islands (they got enough elevation to avoid the issue for decades) I was talking about Kiribati no cyclones, no volcano activity just sea level rise. Most of the island is already at sea level and ground salinity made agriculture not viable

@Zaur Abkhazi nobody is claiming that water is rising higher in some parts of the planet, the issue is most people wont see effects for decades because we can afford to lose 60 to 80 centimeters in most of the coastline regions of the world. But that same number is critical on low islands with no elevation

@Zaur Abkhazi the problem is the rate of change and you mention the ice age OMG Ocean temperatures have changed in the last 30 years the same amount they did in the last 200 years (and 200 only because those are the oldest records we have) you cant deny science but its going to happen short term your kids will see the effects.

I'm sure she's a world-renowned expert on this topic. Or she could just be someone who owns a drone and post videos on KZfaq.

Thank you. Its a bunch of nonsense. People can also look at old pictures and compare the to now and see the ocean is not rising. The Statue of Liberty is a good example.

Ah, the average sea level rise now is around 3.6mm per year. 'Long-term measurements of tide gauges and recent satellite data show that global sea level is rising, with the best estimate of the rate of global-average rise over the last decade being 3.6 mm per year (0.14 inches per year).'

@@NJcruiser yep, this is all true.

Is getting closer to 4mm per year and it keeps going up. The problem is the rate of change, used to be 1mm in a decade now is 4 times that in one year

@@maumor2 Thanks, yes I suspect once we get to a half an inch a year our various shore points will definitely be stressed and unable to hold back the flood. Probably only thing to do is retreat from the coast in many areas.

@@NJcruiser tell islanders in the South Pacific to "retreat" they have nowhere to go and so one of the less polluted places on earth will be one of the first to just disappear. Some of them are already beyond the point of no return with salinity levels on the grounds to high for any agriculture

Didn't they just have a hurricane that just washed all the sand away?

@@lotharthelibarian They did indeed.

@Onswa Brown Oh, more money for the corruption machine.

Onswa Brown : Not likely.

@blind joe Mix science and bible...😂😂😂😂 It is the best way to remain in ignorance and take bad decisions.🤔

Because they want to increase your Tax money to Support their Agenda! LOL, LVL, LOL! Only God can Save this Planet, Humans may think they can Control these Catastrophes, But no Sane Man would Ever think so! Humans should Focus on Making peoples lives Better, Instead of the Illusion that they can Control Planet's Natural Occurrences. Until the Technology Arrives, Funding these Infinitesimal Procedures is just a waste of TIME and MONEY! It's Insane! LOL, LVL, LOL!

The data demostrate that overall sea level is rising faster than ever before. In some places is very obvious but in others not as much. Science is built on exact measurements, not necessarily on eye observations.

@Jabari James But wouldn't sea levels rising, impact everyone that is at sea level, such as the person that made the first comment?

It's the Liberals on the island there in PR, helping to push the Liberal agenda. Then we vote for greener programs, the tax payer money gets pumped into it, and then the Liberals & Deep State elitists take a large portion and stash it in their off shore accounts. They're crooks.

Because the sea level isn't rising like so many Global Warners want you to believe.

It's funny how people take only the facts that support their beliefs and use them to maintain their grasp on their world view instead of looking at all the facts and forming a more realistic opinion.

@xavier tardone because I’m not brainwashed by globalists elite agenda! Believe what you want.

@@acoow you literally describe yourself

@@amandabessey4631 wow Amanda! Did I hit a nerve? Be aware of government control of your life, media and big tech total control of your very thought and move,AND WORK YOU ASS OFF FOR WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE, AND DONT SUCK AT THE TEET OF THE GLOBALIST ELITE, you will become their slave. You are being duped. But I’m an old man...... what do i know RIIIGHT????

@xavier tardone plate tectonics, solar cycles, galactic plane positioning, 26 thousand year planetary wobble, and shit like that. To name a few,

It just might! Loved that movie.

@@doriswhite1348 now that you mention that movie was a baby boomer culture which created the 50's

You brought tears to my eyes. Blessings to PUERTO RICO!!!

Oh ok😕

@White Wolf That's normal.

@White Wolf The sea levels have been incrementally rising for 20,000 years according to geologists, yet environmentalists have been getting away with blaming it on global warming. They are not science deniers.

Our earth has a life to ...yes it is changing but we human we need to love and care of our Nature so that Mother Nature won’t get mad on us ☝️respect if you do not want to be banish in this world.

To all of you in this section, I believe that we all want to preserve our planet as much as we can. Bla bla bla. Bros, use Ecosia. It should be legit. Ecosia. Google it. Great thing and a game changer

100% correct no body mentions that. People keep on being lied about rising sea levels due to global warming😂🤣. Where do they think all the sand to build houses, buildings, roads. Ect. Comes from??? Look at the Middle East n China those artificial islands they built. All those millions n millions tons of sand. The ocean will refill those holes made by man when they extract the sand. That will definetly be the #1 reason why it looks like the sea is rising.

Same in Trinidad and Tobago. I'm not convinced it's sea level rising versus land sinking due to removal of huge amount oil that plays a role in holding up the Earth above it. Time to rethink support of the Earth underneath her too by stopping the Greedy oil and gas industry of the world. Money over the future of the Earth. It's long overdue time.

Mass extraction of sand depletes the sand in some areas but it does NOT explain sea level rise. Rising sea level is the result of global warming and one of primary concerns of our warming climate. Note the new edit. One word changes the meaning in this case making it correct.

Moses had to do with it too lol

sea levels are rising!! have been for years and only getting worse

@@grantandrew9308 except their not, it rises then goes down what your looking atbis dipshits who built on land to close to the water with no foundation

so what about other islands that are slowly being overun by higher water levels? like in the South Pacific?

@@maumor2 We already have waited at least 170 years. No significant change. There are forts built in the 1800s on coastlines all over the world. Maybe if you look hard you can find one where you claim the water is higher. In reality the earth sank below it. If the sea level changes nearly all of them would be flooded with the exception of a handful being someplace where the earth raised. Sea level rise is a fairy tale told to the sheep to get them to be good and follow the rules, and most importantly to "fear".

Don't have kids first and foremost then. Second, realize that the climate has been warming since the last ice age, and that rate is accelerating only slightly. Third, no politician with a tax bill is going to 'save the land'. It's not and will never be the huge crisis it's made out to be.

@@someotherdude Thank you!!! Puerto Rican’s aren’t really the brightest in the bunch.... It’s so damn easy to lie to them

Why should the rest of the world be responsible for Puerto Rico Get to dredging the sea shores and reclaim your lost island Like the rest of the world does there beautiful beaches Daytona Panama City Cancun Saudi Arabia China Go to work and stop bitchen

@@someotherdude In the past 100 or 200 years, the temperature has risen by an amount that has previously taken 5000 years. You call this a "slight" acceleration?

cj you are 100% RIGHT ON BULL EYES.

Especially Puerto Rican’s.... They were never the brightest in the bunch

Ecologist were wrong 50 years ago as they are wrong today. Beaches should be enjoyed. Why do you claim these poor people are greedy? Shame on you.

@@tixximmi1 Seeing that you have a Ché Guevara Picture as your profile, I could not respect you one bit. Get your Communism out of here.

@@josefastboats5874 Wow, your upset over a Frank Zappa picture. I would agree with you 100% if it was Che. But it's Frank.

That's one of my favorite parts of the video.

@David Chaplin Fossil fuel burning is a good thing. Does not effect the earth. But enriches the world.

Thank you, Jim!

@@MikeySlou Sure we are. Could be hit by a meteor, killed by an earthquake, a volcano, a storm,, or any number of natural disasters. Just dont blame it on global warming.

That's normal erosion. I live by the beach and haven't see any sea level up. Only that normal erosion in some areas.

Holy you have no understanding of how it works, the rate it is heating up is much faster than it should be which is not natural I don’t get how you can’t comprehend it you have natural sea level rise and then you have sea level rise from humans which are accelerating it at a much faster speed it’s not complicated please use a few brain cells and you can figure it out if you have any of course

@@skygge1006 Oh, I have a pretty decent understanding on how things work. I have been a government meteorological forecaster since 1969 until I retired. During that tenure I was on The Range Commanders Council Meteorology, wrote the base operations manuel, did the testing on sonic boom causes. The earths orbit carries us around the sun at the rate of 365 and 1/4 days a year, however, this cycle is not a perfect circle. Recent ice core samples have shown that over thousands of years temperature change has nothing to do with ozone, carbon emission or mankind because in the past readings were higher before man got here. So stop being an insulting little jerk and go back to your video games because this isn't one of them.

@@samhunt9308 1969? OK boomer 😂😂 When did you retire? Clearly you have not been active in this century because times have changed old man and we are wiser now than you were then

In Puerto rico, people build wherever they want. There is no building codes (actually there are building codes) but still, people still build everywhere especially around and near the beach. Stop the land jackink.

Kizer Vonzinger You are wrong. PR administrative laws are fashion very similar to the states. Puerto Rico is under federal jurisdiction. There are federal and “state courts,” similar to the states. There is a planning board, and the residents are required to follow building codes, just like the states. By the way, remember all the damaged to New Orleans, cities around the golf, and the east coast with severe hurricane damage and erosion, flooding etc. There are people everywhere that don’t follow the building codes etc.

we have construction codes here in PR but if you give money to the guy of the agency in charge of that they let you build ...with money you can build roaller coasters in the middle of the ocean ...money talks!!

That's God's way of punishing lazy people who live on welfare and who can't maintain infrastructure.

@@someotherdude It’s a hoax. You can’t build hotels on sand........ EROSION will take place

Without malice I must ask you to study your position a bit more closely. Sea level rising IS the culprit. Best of luck!

@@PacoOtis If it is sea level then why in that specific location only?

Llevan mucho tiempo advirtiendo esto. Y lo de los corales es todo un reportaje aparte y bastante preocupante.

Se morieron los corales o los matamos??

La acciones del sr humano y peor aún de la mente corporativa

@@BiancaGraulau mi amor PR doesn't have much help. The Gov has always exploited our people and land for resources. Never reinvested anything better than what you see. The whole country is Governed by Kremlin Donald Duck President. At least PR has the cojones to kick out Rosello. PR reminds me of New Orleans often. Glad to see you cover this matter. It's clear no amount money can fix this matter. My abuela from Caguas. Told me her grandpa refused to leave died on his farm. Believing he could survive a storm. Completely flooding his land. Most of them fled to Manhattan Bronx NY. Felicidades mi amor great coverage. 🇵🇷🇵🇷😘 #FEB @jemzapparel @jeremiah_gmiah

I agree.. History shows this happens over and over... But people today are dumb as rocks..

Exactly

Are you stupid? Not everyone has disposable income.

Yep, it just deposits somewhere else. I'd like to see the entire coastline of Puerto Rico compared over time. I'm sure there are areas where the beaches are increasing in size.

Jamie Ingels: You are right on the spot! I know a beach in south PR where dry land appeared overnight after a mild storm. That was around 1955. The “new” land is still there.

I entered this conversation because I'd like to know how's the feeling of being a denier. Then I discovered I was getting dumber and have to preserve my 143 IQ level. buh bye.

@@LarsFerdinand So, in other words you're a smart idiot?

@@jamieingels1190 I grew up on lake Erie the beachfront. The house I grew up in 63 years washed away years ago.

Rainforest It is a natural cycle, that’s why there’s ice ages. It’s like the cycle of weather and seasons.

This is corrupt officials not fixing the erosion of the beach

C N : Probably that’s what it is.

Thank you, friend!

On a comment someone wrote that it's the government's fault. I don't see that. But i agree with you.

because Sea level rising supports man Caused Global Warming

Hurricanes do cause beach erosion, but 1 hurricane would not cause the erosion you are seeing here. It takes many, many years to get to this point, for places prone to hurricanes. Maria was the worst storm is more than 20 years.. Climate change is whats causing beaches EVERYWHERE to disappear.

@@Unfiltered_from_The_Bronx nope, just multiple hurricanes. Stop swallowing the propaganda that enriches shills like al gore

@@Unfiltered_from_The_Bronx But the rate of sea level rise has not increased, so you are talking out of your arse, dickhead.

@@grancito2 says the person who apparently isn't educated on the effects that natural disasters can have on the planet 🙄🤦‍♀️

@@Unfiltered_from_The_Bronx You are the brainwashed dumb fuck, erosion is a constant process, get a fucking brain, then and education. Also look at the sand removal in the areas that have a lot of erosion, get an education before spouting shit.

Yes, I live on the coast of Washington state. Water level is the same as it's always been. Yes. Glaciers are definitely melting, and have been at an accelerated rate for 30 years now..... but the water levels aren't rising.... They should have risen by half a foot by now, but they haven't risen at all, and I find this very interesting.

Nope. Once someone places a house there, it is supposed to remain forever!! Hehe ;)

😀

@@jamesbyerly766 lol! That was a good one.

YES !!!!!

todd dubberly and you win the award for uninformed dumbass of the day. Because the ice was relatively constant for decades.