BRITTANY, THE ISLANDS THAT RESIST

The grim realities of climate change

An episode from the series EARTH ON EDGE

Synopsis

The Brittany islands have no defenses against the raging ocean and are helpless in the face of the unrelenting swell and climatic hazards. The saltwater nibbles seeps and submerges.

They are an open-air research laboratory to understand what is happening from Galicia to Iceland.

Oceanographers and geomorphologists study tides and terrain to understand and anticipate the impact on inhabited lands.