No More Cliffs of Dover? British Ilse Eroding Away

Choppier ocean and sea waters are reaching further ashore, eroding the coastline of Great Britain. Global warming and climate changes are being noticed in the seas around England, Scotland and Wales.

I am reminded of this excerpt from John Donne's For Whom The Bell Tolls: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were...

Today, while the cliffs of Dover are still intact, global warming is causing the seas to be more violent and the tides are higher. This is causing greater erosion along the coastal areas of many countries including Great Britain. If this trend continues, it may not just be a "clod" that gets washed away. Donne's "Bells" may be tolling for entire continents...