Ripple effects: The four biggest threats to coastal ecosystems in Canada

Ripple effects: The four biggest threats to coastal ecosystems in Canada

Canada’s unequalled coastlines are both picturesque and protective — filtering water, storing carbon, reducing the effects of storm surge, and supporting marine biodiversity and local communities — yet Canada is not doing a good job of protecting them. From estuaries, salt marshes, mudflats and seagrass meadows to sand or gravel beaches and rocky tidal zones, coastal ecosystems are threatened. But what are those threats, and what can we do to ad…