John Carlos Baez on Nostr: We can be kind to nature. We don't always have to exploit it. Since 1860, Britain has ...
We can be kind to nature. We don't always have to exploit it.
Since 1860, Britain has lost 85% of its salt marshes. A decade ago, this region was torn up by bulldozers and excavators. But on Sept. 8, 2014, the tide was allowed to come in. Water flowed through a new gap, about 220 yards wide. This was the start of an experiment that continues to this day.
Now Steart Marsh acts as a bulwark against flooding, absorbing and slowing tides. Even last winter — the wettest anyone in the area could remember — the village at one edge of the peninsula did not flood.
The area is also a haven for wildlife. The birds include godwits, plovers, oystercatchers, egrets, herons, and a growing population of avocets — black-and-white wading birds with distinctive curling beaks.
There's a lot more to this story, though.
For more, read this:
https://archive.is/tna5m
Since 1860, Britain has lost 85% of its salt marshes. A decade ago, this region was torn up by bulldozers and excavators. But on Sept. 8, 2014, the tide was allowed to come in. Water flowed through a new gap, about 220 yards wide. This was the start of an experiment that continues to this day.
Now Steart Marsh acts as a bulwark against flooding, absorbing and slowing tides. Even last winter — the wettest anyone in the area could remember — the village at one edge of the peninsula did not flood.
The area is also a haven for wildlife. The birds include godwits, plovers, oystercatchers, egrets, herons, and a growing population of avocets — black-and-white wading birds with distinctive curling beaks.
There's a lot more to this story, though.
For more, read this:
https://archive.is/tna5m