Beaches around the Aegean Sea are projected to be badly affected by erosion by the end of the century

Projected beach erosion under the RCP4.5 pathway by 2100. Maps show the average theoretical level of erosion

Beaches probably lost

Xanthi

Thessaloniki

Ioannina

Izmir

Athens

Soke

Kos

Tripoli

Pyrgos

Rhodes

Heraklion

Erosion from 0 to 50m

Xanthi

Thessaloniki

Ioannina

Izmir

Athens

Soke

Kos

Tripoli

Pyrgos

Rhodes

Heraklion

Palaiochora

Critical erosion

Alexandroupoli

Thessaloniki

Akçay

Ioannina

Izmir

Athens

Kavos

Soke

Kos

Tripoli

Rhodes

Heraklion

Expansion due to deposits accumulated

Istanbul

Xanthi

Thessaloniki

Ioannina

Izmir

Andros

Soke

Athens

Kos

Tripoli

Pyrgos

Santorini

Rhodes

Heraklion

Projected beach erosion under the RCP4.5 pathway by 2100. Maps show the average theoretical level of erosion

Beaches probably lost

Critical erosion

Alexandroupoli

Xanthi

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Akçay

Ioannina

Ioannina

Izmir

Izmir

Athens

Athens

Kavos

Soke

Soke

Kos

Kos

Tripoli

Tripoli

Pyrgos

Rhodes

Rhodes

Heraklion

Heraklion

Expansion due to deposits accumulated

Erosion from 0 to 50m

Istanbul

Xanthi

Xanthi

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

Ioannina

Ioannina

Izmir

Izmir

Andros

Athens

Soke

Soke

Athens

Kos

Kos

Tripoli

Tripoli

Pyrgos

Pyrgos

Santorini

Rhodes

Rhodes

Heraklion

Heraklion

Palaiochora