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Dune Guardian: Vegetation & Storm-Surge Buffer

Manage a coastal sand dune: protect its stabilizing vegetation with a boardwalk or let foot traffic trample it, then trigger storm surges and watch the self-reinforcing build-up or collapse feedback loop play out on dune height and vegetation cover.

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Coastal dunes grow through a feedback loop: dune grass traps windblown sand, the dune rises, and the plants grow to keep pace, trapping even more sand. That growing dune absorbs storm-surge energy that would otherwise reach the land behind it. Protect the vegetation with a boardwalk and fencing, or let foot traffic trample it, then run the wind and trigger storms to watch the loop run forward as growth or in reverse as a compounding erosion collapse.

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Protect a coastal dune's sand-trapping vegetation with a boardwalk, or let foot traffic trample it, then trigger storm surges and watch the self-reinforcing buildup or the compounding erosion-collapse spiral play out on live dune-height and vegetation-cover readouts.

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