Walking along the pebble beach at Half Moon Island, Chris Edwards, a geologist from Scotland, says the changes are obvious.

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At its crest she took a quick look at the beach under a veiled quarter moon.

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Half an hour south of San Francisco is Miramar Beach, one of the many beaches on Half Moon Bay.

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