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Europe's coastal landscape could be completely reshaped in less than 100 years.
Sea levels are rising at an increasingly faster rate, the European Environment Agency (EEA) has warned in one of its latest reports.
It said that, between 2006 and 2018, levels rose by 3.7 millimetres a year, more than twice as fast as during the 20th century.
If emissions remain high, sea levels could reach between 0.63 and 1.02 metres by 2100.
EEA simulations also considered the worst-case scenario: a rapid disintegration of the polar ice sheet. This would lead to an increase in sea levels of up to five metres by 2150.
1. Montenegro's iconic spot most at risk among top-rated locations
The most endangered spot among top-rated beaches seems to be Sveti Stefan, on Montenegro's Adriatic coast, according to research by Dutch climate solutions company Reinders Corporation.
It's an iconic, tiny island resort connected to the mainland just by a narrow causeway.
By the end of the century, the area could suffer a shoreline loss of over 200 metres (213.58).
Sveti Stefan, in Montenegro AP/Darko Vojinovic
2. Sardinia's 'tropical' beach faces over 100-metre shoreline loss
Next, Italy's Porto Giunco, in Sardinia. One of the Med's most pristine stretches of sand could lose up to 107 metres of coastline.
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