Coastal erosion could be reduced by dune restoration projects
"More than 45% of southern California's coastline is groomed with machinery used to remove debris from sandy beaches, creating a flat topography ideal for recreational activities of the local population and tourists. However, vegetation is consequently actively discouraged from growing, reducing habitats for local wildlife and resulting in some native and threated species becoming locally extinct."

#ManlyBeach - Stop #fossilfuel machinery ploughing the beach, restore get #biodiversity
https://phys.org/news/2023-06-coastal-erosion-dune.html
#Coast #erosion #restoration #shorelines #birds

Ranger Ranald, standing at the point divergence between dune accretion (vegetation covered dunes to the right) and dune erosion (slumping vegetation, bare sand to the left), during a visit by NatureScot staff to St Andrews.
#Dunes #Erosion #habitat #SandDunes #Coastal #Shorelines

The English Channel from Birling Gap: #blackandwhitephotography #seascapes #englishchannel #shorelines