The impact to date has been brutal on the wildlife that lives within these habitats, from barnacles and limpets to crabs, starfish and snails. These structures prevent the tide’s high-water mark from moving inland – effectively “squeezing” or reducing the size of intertidal habitats. Humans, meanwhile, are pushing in the opposite direction, by building more hard coastal structures such as sea walls to protect themselves from rising water and worsening storms. A World Meteorological Organisation report published last year indicated this is now happening twice as fast as it was in 1993. Photograph: Charlie MetcalfeĬoastal squeeze happens when, as global heating causes sea levels to rise, tidal low-water marks – the line where the tide stops and the mud and rocks are exposed – are forced farther inland. Nigel George, director of Artecology, is calling for a systemic change to how people view the natural world.
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