Barely 15% of the world's coastal regions remain ecologically intact, study says

Researchers call for safeguards to protect undamaged regions and for urgent work to restore degraded areasGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingJust 15.5% of the world's coastal regions remain ecologically intact, according to new research that calls for urgent conservation measures to protect what remains and restore sites that are degraded.The study, led by researchers at the University of Queensland, used satellite data to examine the extent to which human activities have encroached on coastlines around the globe. Continue reading...