Coastal squeeze is bad for biodiversity and for us, says researcher

PHYSorg
May 20, 2025, 1:24 pm72 pts
Worldwide, coastal areas are squeezed between a rising sea level on one end and human structures on the other. The distance between a sandy coastline and the first human structures averages less than 400 meters around the world. And the narrower a coastline is, the lower its biodiversity as well. That is shown…

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