Agence France-Presse: France’s Aquitaine coast stretches north from the Spanish border to the Gironde river estuary, encompassing rocky bluffs, giant lagoons, deltas, beaches and Europe’s largest dune. Now climate change has laid siege to this natural oasis, dramatically speeding up the erosion of the 270 kilometre-long Atlantic coastline and threatening local communities. A study published in 2006 by the European LIFE program identified 13 coastal communities as erosion “hot spots”. “There …