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Water may soon lap at the door, but still some homeowners don't want to rock the boat

  • Written by Vanessa Bowden, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Newcastle
Storm-damaged beachfront homes along Pittwater Road at Collaroy on the northern beaches of Sydney in June 2016.Dean Lewins/AAP

It is becoming increasingly possible that sea-level rise of a metre or more will occur this century. You might expect this threat to preoccupy coastal homeowners. But many deny the need to act, for fear their property...

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