![]() 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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