Collapsing cliffs: What causes them to crumble?

Name: Collapsing cliffs: What causes them to crumble?
Uploaded: 2017-01-19T00:56:41.000Z
Duration: 1 min 2 s
Description: Our coastline is constantly battered by the sea, but what is the science behind a cliff collapse?

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A man was killed when a cliff collapsed in Thorpeness, Suffolk on Saturday.

Mainland UK has about 7,723 miles (12,428 km) of coastline.

It is constantly battered by the sea, but what's the science behind a cliff collapse?

Suffolk

19 January 2017