Unintentional and intentional

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Abbotts Hall Farm: location
Black water estuary, Essex, south east england
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when did it happen
4th Nov 2002
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places wall breached
5 places
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how much was flooded
80ha of farm land
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what is the coast eroded by?
coastal squeeze
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what happens to the salt marsh
dies back, eventually all is eroded away
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how much was the coast being eroded away?
2m/yr
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how much does the sea wall cost?
£500,000 every 20yrs
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aim
create new salt marsh habitat
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why was the the time carefully chosen?
so it wouldn't disrupt the fauna
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what was moved to a different area?
Herring
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what happened after 6 months?
80ha of pioneer salt marsh
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what reduced when the sea wall was breached?
erosion due to coastal squeeze reduced
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how much of the salt marshes were being eroded?
40%
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where did the beach reduce pressure?
surrounding areas of Abbotts Hall Farm
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conclusion
intentional success, loss of jobs, benefits outweigh losses
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Dubai
Dredging, suspension kills fish
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how long did it take coral to grow back
2 years
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how much of the coral was moved
20%
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how much was killed
2.5 million miles squared
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how much was killed by the Palm alone
1 million
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what were beaches starved of
sediment
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by how many degrees did LSD change
40
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what the impact of LSD changing direction
Increased erosion
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what was altered
tidal flow
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what happened to the water
became stagnant, saline water= eutrophication
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what did eutrophication lead to
decrease in biodiversity
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