The attack on the World Trade Center served as a rallying point for reactionary elements within the United States who desired the erosion of civil liberties.

We don't want an erosion of secularism in Algeria.

China continues to lose arable land because of erosion and urbanization.

Wetland habitats serve essential functions in an ecosystem, including acting as water filters, providing flood and erosion control, and furnishing food and homes for fish and wildlife.

Building a protective structure in front of a cliff or dune temporarily stabilizes the seaward location of the cliff or dune edge, however beach erosion continues. Since no new beach area is created through cliff or dune retreat, a net loss of beach area occurs.

We are seeing alarming decline in biodiversity, rising sea levels, coastal erosion, extreme weather conditions and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases.

In southern Florida, high tides are threatening drinking water and causing soil erosion.

The legislator talked at length with his constituents about beach erosion.

Seawalls are barriers, usually vertical walls, between the land and water that protect from wave erosion.

Coastal armoring can potentially damage or alter local coastal habitats, deprive beaches of sand, lead to accelerated erosion of adjacent beaches, hinder access and present problems with public safety.