The White Cliffs of Dover are cliffs that form part of the English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France.
The area is a popular travel destination, however it is eroding at an alarming rate.
The cliffs are mainly soft white chalk with a very fine-grained texture, composed primarily of coccoliths, plates of calcium carbonate formed by coccolithophores, single-celled planktonic algae whose skeletal remains sank to the bottom of the ocean during the Cretaceous and, together with the remains of bottom-living creatures, formed sediments.
Scientists blame poor coastal management and increased storm intensity due to climate change as the cause for the fast erosion.
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