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To protect US coasts, scientists want to zap the sea with electricity
(www.newsweek.com)
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What would this do to the local ecology? Seems like turning the sand into a cement like substance would have massive effects on local wildlife.
This was my first thought.
Marine tardigrades are the weirder, cooler cousins of the freshwater moss-piglets we all love. They are just one of the species that live in intertidal sand.
I was reading through hoping they'd show they'd considered the impact on life, but nope. Two to three volts doesn't sound a lot, but if you're a small creature living half in brine it might be a big deal.
Plus the change in the sand that is the whole point, as you say.