CHERISH explores climate change and coastal heritage

The five-year Wales-Ireland project CHERISH (Climate, Heritage and Environments of Reefs, Islands and Headlands) explores climate change and coastal heritage.

Climate change introduces new challenges to how coasts are managed. Changing coastal processes impact sedimentation, alter ongoing erosion and accretion.

The Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) has been applying state-of-the-art methodologies to investigate change in these important environments.

Specialist organisations are employing cutting-edge technologies to analyse coastal and island archaeology and heritage sites most affected by climate change, coastal erosion, storminess and rising sea levels.

The project supports specialist organisations in Ireland and Wales to employ cutting-edge technologies to analyse coastal and island archaeology and heritage sites most affected by climate change, coastal erosion, storminess and rising sea levels.

The work of GSI and the CHERISH project is explored in this video.