Tidal marshes and mangroves are increasingly valued for nature-based mitigation of coastal
storm impacts, such as flooding and shoreline erosion hazards, which are growing due to …

Nature-based coastal protection is increasingly recognised as a potentially sustainable and
cost-effective solution to reduce coastal flood risk. It uses coastal ecosystems such as …

Pharmaceutical compounds are a significant source of environmental pollution, particularly
in hospital wastewater, which contains high concentrations of such compounds. Constructed …

Human-induced land subsidence causes many coastal areas to sink centimetres per year,
exacerbating relative sea level rise (RSLR). While cities combat this problem through …

Compared to planted forest ecosystems (PFE), natural forest ecosystems (NFE) generally
have a longer history and theoretically have stronger environmental adaptability. Changes …

Coastal vegetation can reduce extreme water levels during storm events, but the controlling
factors and processes in complex estuary or delta systems are still unclear. This limits an …

Mechanical disturbance from waves and sediment dynamics is a key bottleneck to
mangrove seedling establishment. Yet, how species vary in tolerance to sediment dynamics …

Coastal vegetation has been widely recognized as an effective nature-based measure for
coastal protection. Numerous studies based on macroscopic models have been performed …

Coastal erosion poses an urgent threat to life and property in low-lying regions. Sand
nourishment is increasingly used as a nature-based solution but requires significant natural …

The establishment of young organisms in harsh environments often requires a window of
opportunity (WoO). That is, a short time window in which environmental conditions drop long …