Erosion eats beaches and even entire houses; works try to stop damage from frequent storm surges

The structure, unprecedented in the country, had already been tested in Australia, Mexico and South Korea. It was suggested by Tiago Zanker Girelli, professor at Unicamp who works in coastal engineering, and his colleagues, as a counterproposal to the city hall's idea of ​​building a breakwater at least 4 m or 5 m above the sea, from the port channel to channel 4. “We think the wall is very impactful. It could put an end to the problem of hangovers, but it would also put an end to the beach as people from Santos know it."