Salt marshes fringe much of the world’s low-lying coasts and they provide the perfect natural defence to the battering of the sea and increasing storm surges as a result of climate change and rising sea levels.  A day doesn't seem to go by without news of a further crumbling of the coastline so I thought it would be a great idea to talk to Dr. Ben Evans who is a coastal geomorphologist at the University of Cambridge with a particular interest in coastal wetlands and salt marshes.  He grew up on the Walton Backwaters in Essex and mud has dominated his life ever since.   Below are links to the Resist project he has been involved with and a couple of films that show the work they've been doing to calculate the resilience of a salt marsh to increasing force from the sea and help inform international policy of shoreline management...literally 'Hold the line, advance the line or retreat'....
With many thanks to Daniel Girdner for his exquisite playing of Niccolò Paganini's 'Romanza'.
You can listen to much more of his repertoire on his Youtube channel at   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpWzv0rZVxH8tLzMMnLJFNmUlDxZBeoSY

https://www.nerc-resist.uk
https://youtu.be/4ZoPBfm2aBY
https://youtu.be/P9m7vAdqsWc
https://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/43