Understanding the resilience of barrier islands and coastal dunes after storms

When a coastline undergoes massive erosion, like a hurricane flattening a beach and its nearby environments, it has to rebuild itself - relying on the resilience of its natural coastal structures to begin piecing itself back together in a way that will allow it to survive the next large phenomena that comes its way.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210308152530.htm