Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Barrier Islands
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The barrier islands of Virginia's Eastern Shore are left vulnerable to rising sea levels.
The barrier islands of Virginia's Eastern Shore are more than just places to visit - they have helped create the dynamic environments of land and water around them. But with rising sea levels, the islands are vulnerable to the tides that are reshaping them and the community nearby.
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Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Barrier Islands
Clip: Season 8 Episode 8 | 50sVideo has Closed Captions
The barrier islands of Virginia's Eastern Shore are more than just places to visit - they have helped create the dynamic environments of land and water around them. But with rising sea levels, the islands are vulnerable to the tides that are reshaping them and the community nearby.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipCORA BAIRD: Barrier islands are beaches offshore that slow down the ocean's energy and allow vast coastal systems to exist.
(light music) KAYLA CAHOON: The barrier islands out there, they're moving in three different ways.
Some of them are eroding.
So they're basically standing still, and the front side is just being eaten away.
Some of them are migrating landward, so you can see them actually shifting.
And some of them are curving.
So if they're like this, the land's here and the ocean's here, they're actually, like, curving around like that.
CORA BAIRD: If the barrier islands weren't there, we would have waves breaking on the mainland, and we wouldn't have any of the vast coastal areas like salt marshes that give us the rich fisheries and sense of identity that we have here on the Eastern Shore.
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Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Preview
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Preview: S8 Ep8 | 30s | A look at the rising waters on Virginia's Eastern Shore and challenges for its residents. (30s)
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