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Text 1 Civil engineers historically relied on 'hard armoring'—such as concrete seawalls, riprap revetments, and breakwaters—to safeguard coastal cities from storm surges. While these structures provide immediate shoreline stabilization, they disrupt natural sediment transport, induce erosion on adjacent unarmored beaches, and destroy coastal salt marsh nurseries.
Text 2 Marine ecologists advocate for 'living shorelines' that incorporate oyster reefs, mangrove forests, and salt marsh vegetation. These biogenic structures attenuate wave energy through hydrodynamic friction while naturally accreting sediment over time, allowing them to dynamically elevate alongside rising sea levels—an adaptive resilience that rigid concrete walls can never match.
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Based on the texts, what advantage do 'living shorelines' (Text 2) possess over 'concrete seawalls' (Text 1)?
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