Increasing human populations around the global coastline have caused extensive loss,
degradation and fragmentation of coastal ecosystems, threatening the delivery of important …

Tidal flats are threatened by tidal reclamation and climatic changes around the world.
Particular challenges exist in China where tidal flats are changing rapidly along with …

Accurate, robust and consistent coastline mapping is critical for characterising and
managing coastal change. Satellite earth observation provides an unparalleled source of …

Coastal wetlands, composed of coastal vegetation and non-vegetated tidal flats, play critical
roles in biodiversity conservation, food production, and the global economy. Coastal …

Tidal flats (non-vegetated area), along with coastal vegetation area, constitute the coastal
wetlands (intertidal zone) between high and low water lines, and play an important role in …

Observed changes and impacts Ongoing climate trends have exacerbated many extreme
events (very high confidence). The Australian trends include further warming and sea level …

The physical environment of the intertidal zone presents a number of challenges which
make traditional surveying methods difficult to implement; whilst the acquisition cost of …

Assessments of the status of tidal flats, one of the most extensive coastal ecosystems, have
been hampered by a lack of data on their global distribution and change. Here we present …

The intertidal zone represents a critical transition between marine and terrestrial
ecosystems, supporting a complex mosaic of highly productive and biologically diverse …

Accurate and up-to-date tidal flat mapping is of much importance to learning how coastal
ecosystems work in a time of anthropogenic disturbances and rising sea levels, which will …