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Rising sea levels could see the
of half the world's beaches by the end of the
. Scientists predict that half our sandy beaches could vanish over the next eight
if climate change continues. The scientists are from the European Commission. They warned that the
of highly-populated areas and
hot-spots are threatened by
from increasing sea levels. Areas at
of disappearing
include well-known
in Australia's Surfers' Paradise, the
of Hawaii, Brazil's Copacabana Beach, and the Costa del Sol in Spain.