How these ecosystems act like an 'airbag for our coastline' and secretly protect us from the effects of climate change

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Research reveals the vital role saltmarsh and seagrass play in protecting Australian homes.

abc.net.au/news/saltmarsh-seagrass-protecting-australian-homes-climate-change/101744790Scientists have discovered the vital role that saltmarsh and seagrass ecosystems have in protecting thousands of homes from potential storm surge damage.

It found that in 2021, 45 per cent of Australia's saltmarsh ecosystems were in Queensland, along with 31 per cent of the nation's seagrass ecosystems.Peter Meadows, the director for the Centre of Environmental and Satellite Accounts, said saltmarsh ecosystems covered "about 1 million hectares " of the nation's coastline."These saltmarshes have an effect of dampening down the waves from storms, and also as a buffer from storm surges," he said.

"They can take carbon out of the atmosphere and lock it down in the sediments, lock it away and become a big carbon sink," he said.

 

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Climate Change has been in existence since the dawn of time. This latter day crap is a Left wing scam engineered fear to justify increasing control by the State of everything we do & love and put primarily unelected socialist buracrates in charge.

I don't think that is right 🤔

Blah blah blah

Airbag & Climate Change yep that about sums it up… maybe just add a 💰 too

All ecosystems are interdependent. Nothing to do with climate change. More ABC activism.

Solve 'climate change', the junk-science socialist ideology, by defunding the ABC .. the saved $1.1Billion a year could be used to help victims of natural disasters or fund useful community projects

ABC doesn't want to do the story about NSW Pensioners (tenants) who live in NSW Housing/NSW Community Housing are financially penalties, by loosing 25% of their 'Energy Supplement' as part of their fortnightly rental calculation.

What ABC's saying is there rapid sea-level cause of man-made climate change is a sham, be courageous and admit this, be better 👍

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