Plages en France : d'où vient tout ce sable ?

Every winter, a massive effort is deployed along the French coasts to hide a sad reality: beach sand disappears little by little. Each year, tens of thousands of tonnes have to be brought in by ship or truck to ensure the next summer season. In a tour of France’s seaside resorts, Hugo Clément reveals that beaches are not just playgrounds for vacations. They are primarily living natural sites: they act as a cushion between land and sea and must be protected at all costs. They also host unexpected biodiversity, from marine worms to Europe’s largest lizard.

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