Which outcome increases following severe storm surge overtopping engineered coastal barriers?

💡 Explanation

Saltwater intrusion from surge events accelerates inland erosion because vegetation is stressed by increased salinity via the process of salt weathering; therefore, salt marsh erosion increases, rather than groundwater changes, affecting albedo, or local capacity change alone.

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